Re: Parsing error - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
Subject Re: Parsing error
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0107111252320.7168-100000@aluminum.cs.pitt.edu
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In response to Parsing error  (Nicolas Drapeau <ndrapeau@travelnet.ca>)
List pgsql-general
> ze_database=> CREATE TABLE my_table (
> ze_database(> p1 integer,
> ze_database(> p2 integer,
> ze_database(> p3 integer,
> ze_database(> p4 integer);
> CREATE
> ze_database=> CREATE FUNCTION my_add(integer,integer,integer,integer)
> ze_database-> RETURNS integer
> ze_database-> AS 'INSERT INTO my_table VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4); SELECT 1'
> ze_database-> LANGUAGE 'sql';
> CREATE
> ze_database=> CREATE FUNCTION my_update(integer,integer,integer,integer)
> ze_database-> RETURNS integer
> ze_database-> AS 'SELECT CASE WHEN UPDATE my_table SET p1= $1, p2= $2 WHERE
> p3= $3 AND p4= $4 ~* \'UPDATE 0\' THEN my_add($1,$2,$3,$4) ELSE 1 END'
> ze_database-> LANGUAGE 'sql';
> ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "my_table"
> ze_database=>

You are not allowed to have an SQL query in a CASE clause. The condition after WHEN must be an expression that returns
aboolean. You would be better off using plpgsql for something like what you want. 


cheers,
thalis


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