Re: Writing a user defined function - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Raymond O'Donnell
Subject Re: Writing a user defined function
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Msg-id 4880FF2D.2010602@iol.ie
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In response to Writing a user defined function  (Suresh_ <suiyengar@yahoo.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 18/07/2008 17:07, Suresh_ wrote:
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION udf()
> RETURNS integer AS $$
> BEGIN
> for i in 1..2000 loop
>   for j in 1...10000 loop
>   end loop;
>   begin work;

     ^^^^^^----- Here's your problem!

You can't have a transaction inside a function - the function is already
executed inside a transaction.

Ray.

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