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Postgres alongside MS SQL Server

From
Peter Lang
Date:
Hi,

We've got some clients that are concerned about running Postgresql 7.3.4 on
a Win2k Server box, alongside M$ SQL Server.  I've been running pg on my XP
machines for a long time now (with cygwin) and never had any sort of
problem.  The db is fast and stable.

Does anyone have any experience that would give some weight to our client's
concerns?  Would there be any potential conflict between the postmaster and
M$ SQL Server?  Your experience and advice would be greatly appreciated.

-Peter

Re: Postgres alongside MS SQL Server

From
Anony Mous
Date:
Sorry, please ignore.  This thread has already been covered.  No need to do
it again!



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lang [mailto:peter.lang@shaw.ca]
Sent: April 26, 2004 4:37 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Postgres alongside MS SQL Server

Hi,

We've got some clients that are concerned about running Postgresql 7.3.4 on
a Win2k Server box, alongside M$ SQL Server.  I've been running pg on my XP
machines for a long time now (with cygwin) and never had any sort of
problem.  The db is fast and stable.

Does anyone have any experience that would give some weight to our client's
concerns?  Would there be any potential conflict between the postmaster and
M$ SQL Server?  Your experience and advice would be greatly appreciated.

-Peter

Syntax error at or near "$1"

From
Ryan Booz
Date:
I'm working with different functions and following an example of iterating
through rows from a returned query.  It's not a complicated function, but I
can't get past this parse error.  I've tried numerous things and searched
for some help.  I can't find any reason for the error below:

ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$1" at character 30
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "list_devices" line 6 at for over select rows

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Ryan

CREATE FUNCTION list_devices(macaddr) RETURNS text AS '
DECLARE
    macAddress ALIAS FOR $1;
    rowval record;
    devices text;
BEGIN
    devices := '' '';
    FOR rowval IN SELECT device_type_id FROM devices WHERE mac_address =
macAddress LOOP
        devices := devices || ''\r'';
    END LOOP;
RETURN devices;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';


------------
Ryan J. Booz
Research Programmer
Penn State University
Information Technology Services
TLT/CLC
rxb19@psu.edu

Re: Syntax error at or near "$1"

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Ryan Booz <rxb19@psu.edu> writes:
> I can't find any reason for the error below:

CVS tip gives a slightly more complete error message:

regression=# select list_devices('123456789012');
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$1" at character 30
QUERY:  SELECT  device_type_id FROM  $1  WHERE mac_address =  $2
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "list_devices" line 7 at for over select rows
LINE 1: SELECT  device_type_id FROM  $1  WHERE mac_address =  $2
                                     ^
regression=#

This might or might not help you figure out the problem: you used
"devices" as both a plpgsql variable name and a referenced table.
Pick another name for the variable.

            regards, tom lane