Problems with stored procedure - Mailing list pgsql-novice

I'm trying to learn how to use stored procedures. In particular, I need to
return multiple values from the function, so I've been experimenting with
the OUT argument type. I'm writing code in C++ and using the libpq dll as
the interface to postgresql. I've created the following function, that
works:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getdetailamts ( acct_no char(22), beg_moyr
char(6),
      end_moyr char(6), OUT beg_bal float8) AS $$
  DECLARE sum_totl float8;
  BEGIN
    SELECT SUM(dramt) FROM detrec WHERE detrec.acctno = $1 AND detrec.apmoyr
 >= $2 AND
               detrec.apmoyr <= $3 INTO sum_totl;
    beg_bal := sum_totl;
  END; $$ language plpgsql;

This returns the proper value, but when I attempt to add a second argument
of OUT type, I get an error when attempting to create the function:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getdetailamts ( acct_no char(22), beg_moyr
char(6),
      end_moyr char(6), OUT beg_bal float8, OUT half_bal float8) AS $$
  DECLARE sum_totl float8;
  BEGIN
    SELECT SUM(dramt) FROM detrec WHERE detrec.acctno = $1 AND detrec.apmoyr
 >= $2 AND
               detrec.apmoyr <= $3 INTO sum_totl;
    beg_bal := sum_totl;
    half_bal := sum_totl / 2;
  END; $$ language plpgsql;

Can anyone tell me why adding the second OUT argument type causes the
function to return an error and not be created?

Thanks, Lynn