yes, but the block must be wrapped by some SQL statement - in 8.4, by CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
[ <<label>> ]
[ DECLARE declarations]
BEGIN statements
END [label];
so I've adapted my code to:
DECLARE a integer; b integer; c integer; BEGIN a := 10; b := 20; c := a + b; RAISE NOTICE'Value of c: %', c; END ;
But when I run this from psql, both versions 8.4 and 9.2, all I get is:
testdb=# DECLARE testdb-# a integer; ERROR: syntax error at or near «integer» LINE 2: a integer; ^ testdb=# b integer; ERROR: syntax error at or near «b» LINE 1: b integer; ^ testdb=# c integer; ERROR: syntax error at or near «c» LINE 1: c integer; ^ testdb=# BEGIN testdb-# a := 10; ERROR: syntax error at or near «a» LINE 2: a := 10; ^ testdb=# b := 20; ERROR: syntax error at or near «b» LINE 1: b := 20; ^ testdb=# c := a + b; ERROR: syntax error at or near «c» LINE 1: c := a + b; ^ testdb=# RAISE NOTICE'Value of c: %', c; ERROR: syntax error at or near «RAISE» LINE 1: RAISE NOTICE'Value of c: %', c; ^ testdb=# END; WARNING: no hay una transacción en curso COMMIT testdb=#
NOTE: I've translated error messages myself.
What's wrong with the syntax? Or is not possible to make a script and I have to create a function to encapsulate my code?
just this is not supported feature.
You have some special reason why you use 8.4? It's pretty old unsupported version.
