Hello
you badly use a IF statement. It's not C. Every IF must to finish with END IF
this is
IF .. THEN
ELSEIF .. THEN ..
ELSE
END IF
Regards
Pavel Stehule
2010/12/30 Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm writing my first plpsql function in ages and I'm going blind trying to see
> why it won't create. The error message and the code are below. I'm guessing
> it's something blindingly obvious, but can someone please point it out to me.
>
> ta
>
> Gary
>
> The actual line number is the LANGUAGE line at the end of the file.
>
> goole=# \i project_delivery_date.sql
> psql:project_delivery_date.sql:42: ERROR: syntax error at or near ";"
> LINE 37: END;
> ^
> goole=# \q
> [root@stan t-cards]# cat project_delivery_date.sql
> -- vim: ft=sql et ai ic
> --
> -- project_delivery_date() - project delivery date from existing dates
>
> CREATE FUNCTION project_delivery_date(date,date,date,date) RETURNS date AS $$
> DECLARE
> eta_dealer ALIAS FOR $1;
> eta_customer ALIAS FOR $2;
> req_date ALIAS FOR $3;
> act_date ALIAS FOR $4;
> eta date;
>
> BEGIN
> IF act_date IS NOT NULL THEN
> return act_date;
> END IF;
> IF eta_dealer IS NOT NULL AND eta_customer IS NULL THEN
> eta := eta_dealer;
> ELSE IF eta_dealer IS NULL AND eta_customer IS NOT NULL THEN
> eta := eta_customer;
> ELSE IF eta_dealer IS NULL AND eta_customer IS NULL THEN
> eta := NULL;
> ELSE IF eta_dealer > eta_customer THEN
> eta := eta_dealer;
> ELSE
> eta := eta_customer;
> END IF;
> IF eta IS NOT NULL AND req_date IS NULL THEN
> RETURN eta;
> END IF;
> IF eta IS NULL AND req_date IS NOT NULL THEN
> RETURN req_date;
> END IF;
> IF eta IS NULL AND req_date IS NULL THEN
> RETURN NULL;
> END IF;
> IF eta > req_date THEN
> RETURN eta;
> END IF;
> RETURN req_date;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> [root@stan t-cards]#
>
> --
> Gary Stainburn
> I.T. Manager
> Ringways Garages
> http://www.ringways.co.uk
>
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