Re: I keep getting "type does not exist" on compile of this SETOF function (list 2 table) - Mailing list pgsql-general

Thanks, yes the schema was missing from the DECLARE rs statement!

-----Original Message-----
From: Merlin Moncure [mailto:mmoncure@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 1:35 PM
To: Jonathan Brinkman
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] I keep getting "type does not exist" on compile of
this SETOF function (list 2 table)

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jonathan Brinkman
<jonathanbrinkman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [CODE]
>
> BEGIN;
>
> DROP TYPE structure.format_list2table_rs CASCADE;
>
> CREATE TYPE structure.format_list2table_rs AS (
>  "item" VARCHAR(4000)
> );
>
> END;
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION structure.format_list2table (
>  "v_list" varchar,
>  "v_delim" varchar
> )
> RETURNS SETOF structure.format_list2table_rs AS
> $body$
> /*
> select * from Format_List2Table('1', '1');
> SELECT item FROM Format_List2Table('first||2nd||III||1+1+1+1','||');
> SELECT CAST(item AS INT) AS Example2 FROM
> Format_List2Table('111,222,333,444,555',',');
> SELECT item FROM Format_List2Table('12/1/2009, 12/2/2009, 12/3/2009,
> 12/4/2009, 12/7/2009, 12/8/2009,, 12/9/2009, 12/10/2009,
12/11/2009,',',');
> SELECT * FROM Format_List2Table('1988,1390',',');
> SELECT * FROM Format_List2Table('1988',',');
> SELECT * FROM Format_List2Table('1988 1390 5151 5i7151 515545',' ');
> */
>
> DECLARE
>   v_item  VARCHAR(4000);
>   v_Pos  INTEGER;
>   v_RunLastTime  INTEGER;
>   SWV_List VARCHAR(4000);
>   SWV_Rs format_list2table_rs;
>
> BEGIN
>  --  SWV_List := v_List;
>   BEGIN
>      CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE tt_PARSEDLIST
>                                (item VARCHAR(4000)) WITH OIDS;
>      exception when others then truncate table tt_PARSEDLIST;
>   END;
>   SWV_List := v_list;
>   v_RunLastTime := 0;
>   SWV_List := CASE POSITION(v_delim IN SWV_List) WHEN 0 THEN
> coalesce(SWV_List,'') || coalesce(v_delim,'') ELSE SWV_List END; --fix
lists
> with only 1 item
>   v_Pos := POSITION(v_delim IN SWV_List);
>   WHILE v_Pos > 0 LOOP
>      v_item := LTRIM(RTRIM(SUBSTR(SWV_List,1,v_Pos -1)));
>      IF v_item <> '' THEN
>                                        INSERT INTO tt_PARSEDLIST(item)
>                                                VALUES(CAST(v_item AS
> VARCHAR(4000)));
>      ELSE
>         INSERT INTO tt_PARSEDLIST(item)
>                                                VALUES(NULL);
>      END IF;
>      SWV_List := SUBSTR(SWV_List,length(SWV_List) -ABS(LENGTH(SWV_List)
> -v_Pos)+1);
>      v_Pos := POSITION(v_delim IN SWV_List);
>      IF SWV_List = '' THEN v_Pos = null;
>      END IF;
>      IF v_Pos = 0 AND v_RunLastTime <> 1 then
>         v_RunLastTime := 1;
>         v_Pos := LENGTH(SWV_List)+1;
>      END IF;
>   END LOOP;
>
>   FOR SWV_Rs IN(SELECT * FROM  tt_PARSEDLIST) LOOP
>      RETURN NEXT SWV_Rs;
>   END LOOP;
>   RETURN;
> END;
> $body$
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
> VOLATILE
> CALLED ON NULL INPUT
> SECURITY INVOKER
> ;

is 'structure' in your search_path? in the declare section you didn't
prefix w/namespace:
>   SWV_Rs format_list2table_rs;

but you did everywhere else.

merlin