And the semi-colon should be removed after the END
Philippe
Philippe wrote:
> I think that the IF clauses need END IF.
>
> IF uppergt = 'BOD' THEN RETURN 0; END IF;
> IF uppergt = 'MOD' THEN RETURN 86400/2; END IF;
> IF uppergt = 'EOD' THEN RETURN 86399; END IF;
>
> This should solve the problem.
>
> Philippe Gregoire
> Information Manager
> www.boreal-is.com
>
>
>
> Ralph Smith wrote:
>> I'm baffled and have tried various variations but still nogo.
>>
>> From PgAdmin III I get:
>> -------------------------------------------
>> ********** Error **********
>>
>> ERROR: syntax error at or near ";"
>> SQL state: 42601
>> Character: 19001
>>
>> -- referring to the semi-colon after the 'END' statement.
>>
>>
>> *******************************
>> When I check this out in PgAdmin III.
>> -------------------------------------------
>> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION time_to_utime(given_time varchar) RETURNS
>> INT AS
>> $$
>>
>> DECLARE
>>
>> uppergt varchar ;
>> colon1 int ; colon2 int ;
>> digitsA varchar ;
>> digitsB varchar ;
>> digitsC varchar ;
>> numberA int ;
>> numberB int ;
>> numberC int ;
>> result int ;
>> BEGIN
>>
>> IF check_time(given_time) = FALSE THEN
>> RAISE NOTICE 'The time passed into function time_to_utime is not
>> in a valid format.' ;
>> END IF ;
>>
>> -- ----------------------------------------
>>
>> uppergt := upper(given_time) ;
>>
>> IF uppergt = 'BOD' THEN RETURN 0 ;
>> IF uppergt = 'MOD' THEN RETURN 86400/2 ;
>> IF uppergt = 'EOD' THEN RETURN 86399 ;
>>
>> -- ----------------------------------------
>>
>> colon1:=strpos(invar,':') ;
>> colon2:=colon1+strpos(substring(invar from colon1+1),':') ;
>>
>> digitsA := split_part(invar,':',1) ;
>> numberA := to_number(digitsA,'99') ;
>> digitsB := split_part(invar,':',2) ;
>> numberB := to_number(digitsB,'99') ;
>>
>> digitsC := split_part(invar,':',3) ;
>> numberC := to_number(digitsC,'99') ;
>>
>> result := 3600*numberA + 60*numberB + numberC ;
>>
>> RETURN result ;
>> END ;
>> $$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL ; /* time_to_utime */
>> ********************************************
>>
>> Any clues?
>>
>> THANKS!
>>
>> Ralph Smith
>>
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