Thread: BUG #1655: trapping errors doesn't work
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 1655 Logged by: Emanuel Brokmann Email address: brokmann.emanuel@ava.de PostgreSQL version: 8.0 Operating system: Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-42 Description: trapping errors doesn't work Details: while executing: >>BEGIN >> insert into comlineprintboxen VALUES(109, '', '', '', >>'', ''); >>EXCEPTION >> WHEN unique_violation then >> UPDATE comlineprintboxen SET verteiler='', >>panel='', dose='', switch='', port='' WHERE >>printboxid=109 >>END; the following error occurs: >>ERROR: syntax error at or near "UPDATE" at character 8 i compared the command with the one from page 550 ff of the documentation, but can't find differences. Would be kind of you to help me Emanuel Brokmann
"Emanuel Brokmann" <brokmann.emanuel@ava.de> writes: > while executing: > >>BEGIN > >> insert into comlineprintboxen VALUES(109, '', '', '', >>'', ''); > >>EXCEPTION > >> WHEN unique_violation then > >> UPDATE comlineprintboxen SET verteiler='', >>panel='', dose='', > switch='', port='' WHERE >>printboxid=109 > >>END; > the following error occurs: > >>ERROR: syntax error at or near "UPDATE" at character 8 > i compared the command with the one from page 550 ff of the documentation, > but can't find differences. > Would be kind of you to help me Can't help much with such an incomplete, mangled view of the problem :-( You need to show us the full text of the CREATE FUNCTION command, without random characters interspersed due to sloppy cut-and-paste. regards, tom lane