I think you need two other things as well:
1. A return statement: "RETURN some-integer;" before the END
2. A semicolon after the END; <--
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jie Liang [SMTP:jliang@ipinc.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:59 PM
> To: Wei Weng
> Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: How do I print a message in a function?
>
> You have to use two single quota
>
> Jie LIANG
>
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> On 2 Jul 2001, Wei Weng wrote:
>
> > I did something like
> >
>
> try this
>
>
> > create function test() returns integer as
> > '
> > declare
> > msg varchar;
> > begin
> > msg := ''test'';
> > RAISE NOTICE ''message is % '',msg;
> > end'
> > language 'plpgsql';
> >
> > The function compiled without any error, however, when I tried to run it
> > as select test(); it broke down with an error message " Unterminated " "
> >
> > Can anyone help me on this?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Wei Weng
> > Network Software Engineer
> > KenCast Inc.
> >
> >
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