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to_char problem

From
"Wei Wang"
Date:
I get compile error for this code:


for i in 1..arg_count-1  LOOP
RAISE NOTICE quote_literal(to_char(i, ''9''));
END LOOP;

where arg_count = 3.

I tried RAISE NOTICE to_char(i, ''9''); as well.
to_char returns text, right? Then what did I do wrong here?


Wei

Re: to_char problem

From
Richard Huxton
Date:
On Monday 16 February 2004 19:15, Wei Wang wrote:
> I get compile error for this code:
>
>
> for i in 1..arg_count-1  LOOP
> RAISE NOTICE quote_literal(to_char(i, ''9''));
> END LOOP;
>
> where arg_count = 3.
>
> I tried RAISE NOTICE to_char(i, ''9''); as well.
> to_char returns text, right? Then what did I do wrong here?

Syntax is a little peculiar, you need to do something like

RAISE NOTICE ''hello % world %'',i,j;

Nothing else will do.

--
  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd

Re: to_char problem

From
"Wei Wang"
Date:
In that case, how do I RAISE NOTICE a text variable such as:
DECLARE tempstring text;
BEGIN
RAISE NOTICE tempstring;
END


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Huxton" <dev@archonet.com>
To: "Wei Wang" <ww220@cam.ac.uk>; "pgsql" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] to_char problem


> On Monday 16 February 2004 19:15, Wei Wang wrote:
> > I get compile error for this code:
> >
> >
> > for i in 1..arg_count-1  LOOP
> > RAISE NOTICE quote_literal(to_char(i, ''9''));
> > END LOOP;
> >
> > where arg_count = 3.
> >
> > I tried RAISE NOTICE to_char(i, ''9''); as well.
> > to_char returns text, right? Then what did I do wrong here?
>
> Syntax is a little peculiar, you need to do something like
>
> RAISE NOTICE ''hello % world %'',i,j;
>
> Nothing else will do.
>
> --
>   Richard Huxton
>   Archonet Ltd
>
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Re: to_char problem

From
Richard Huxton
Date:
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 12:37, Wei Wang wrote:
> In that case, how do I RAISE NOTICE a text variable such as:
> DECLARE tempstring text;
> BEGIN
> RAISE NOTICE tempstring;

RAISE NOTICE ''%'',tempstring;

Don't forget to double-up (or bacslash-escape) your quotes.

--
  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd