On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 05:07:42PM +0000, Pete wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to do an upgrade on an open source app called adempiere The problem I have is that the
> original scripts are for Oracle and I am trying to run it on a PostgreSQLl data base
>
> I am having a problem converting the 007_ProductAttribute.sql script. See below
> I am getting the following error.
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "v_Name"
> SQL state: 42601
> Character: 1263
>
> I have tried all kinds of variations
> RETURNS VARCHAR(2)
> AS 'v_Name
> ....................
> WHERE ai.M_AttributeSetInstance_ID=p_M_AttributeSetInstance_ID;'
> BEGIN
>
>
> RETURNS VARCHAR(2)
> AS "v_Name
> ....................
> WHERE ai.M_AttributeSetInstance_ID=p_M_AttributeSetInstance_ID;"
> BEGIN
>
> but none seem to work
>
> I am looking for an on line help with loads of examples for PSQL
> specifically in regards to stored procedures or functions.
>
> The following does not help me much.
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-createfunction.html
>
> any help would be appreciated
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> 007_ProductAttribute.sql
> ==================
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION productAttribute
> (
> p_M_AttributeSetInstance_ID IN NUMBER
This should read IN INTEGER
> )
> RETURN VARCHAR2
This should read RETURNS TEXT
> AS
Need a start of the function body, e.g. $$, and then a DECLARE here
> v_Name VARCHAR2(2000) := NULL;
> v_NameAdd VARCHAR2(2000) := '';
The above should be TEXT
Anyhow, that should get you started.
Cheers,
David.
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