Hello,
Apologies if this is the wrong list to contact. I am new to PostgreSQL and I am currently in the process of writing a recursive function to find tram times.
CREATE TYPE single_journey AS
(tram_id integer,
departure_station text,
departure_time time without time zone,
destination_station text,
arrival_time time without time zone);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION find_tram_same_line(text, text, time) returns single_journey AS $$
DECLARE
departure_station ALIAS FOR $1;
destination_station ALIAS FOR $2;
query_time ALIAS FOR $3;
journey single_journey;
BEGIN
journey.departure_station := departure_station;
journey.destination_station := destination_station;
SELECT tram_id, time
INTO journey.tram_id, journey.departure_time
FROM station_departure_times
JOIN stations on station_departure_times.station_id = stations.station_id
WHERE stations.name = departure_station
AND time > query_time
ORDER BY time ASC
LIMIT 1;
SELECT time
INTO journey.arrival_time
FROM station_departure_times
JOIN stations on station_departure_times.station_id = stations.station_id
WHERE stations.name = destination_station
AND tram_id = journey.tram_id;
IF journey.arrival_time IS NULL THEN
SELECT find_tram_same_line(
departure_station,
destination_station,
(query_time + interval '1 minute'))
INTO journey;
END IF;
RETURN journey;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
SELECT find_tram_same_line('GrimesDyke', 'CitySquare', '09:00:00');
Whenever I run the query (highlighted in bold), I get an error:
********** Error **********
ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "(24,GrimesDyke,09:07:00,CitySquare,10:19:00)"
SQL state: 22P02
Context: PL/pgSQL function find_tram_same_line(text,text,time without time zone) line 29 at SQL statement
I have spent some time trying to figure out why this is to no avail. The only integer in the single_journey type is the tram_id but I am unsure why this is causing an issue. Does anyone know why this might be?
Thanks,
Mo
