Thanks Tom
Qualifying the column was the solution.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca>
Cc: "Richard Huxton" <dev@archonet.com>; "PostgreSQL"
<pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Cursor
> "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca> writes:
>> Following is more complete. The balance of the trigger that is not shown
>> works when tested separately. I didn't include it because it is quite
>> long.
>
> Hmm, I still don't see anything that looks like a syntax error, but
> I'll bet this is a name collision rather than the effect you want:
>
>> DECLARE
>> process_total integer ;
>> process_id integer ;
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>> procgraphic cursor for select process_id from p_id.p_id, processes_count
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>> where p_id.p_id.p_id_id = processes_count.p_id_id;
>
> You probably ought to qualify the column reference in the cursor.
>
> regards, tom lane