Matthew Wakeling <matthew@flymine.org> writes:
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION overlap_gene_primer() RETURNS SETOF RECORD AS $$
> DECLARE
> left location;
> retval RECORD;
> BEGIN
> DECLARE left_cursor NO SCROLL CURSOR FOR SELECT location FROM location, gene WHERE location.id = gene.id ORDER
BYobjectid, start, end;
> left = FETCH left_cursor;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Well, the DECLARE for the cursor should go in the DECLARE section,
and the syntax for the FETCH should be
FETCH cursorname INTO recordvariablename;
and I'm too lazy to check right now but I think you might be missing
an OPEN for the cursor.
regards, tom lane
