Thread: error : syntax error at or near $1 for over select rows

error : syntax error at or near $1 for over select rows

From

"vinita bansal"

Date:

27 December 2004, 19:37:23

This is the error i am getting when calling select * from
cas_reset_qi_changedate('CAS','2003-02-03'

ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$1" at character 25
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "cas_reset_qi_changedate" line 15 at for over
select rows

pgsql function :
CREATE or replace FUNCTION qe13.CAS_RESET_QI_CHANGEDATE (VARCHAR,TIMESTAMP)
RETURNS INTEGER AS '


DECLARE
        AGR_UNID ALIAS for $1;
        M_COMM_CLOSE_DATE ALIAS for $2;
        DEFAULT_LOWEST_DATE     timestamp default ''1900-01-01 00:00:00.0'';
        vQuotaInstanceGID       varchar(34)     default null;
        vQIStartDate            timestamp;
        vQIEndDate              timestamp;
        for1                    record;

BEGIN


        FOR for1 in select qi.tril_gid as vQuotaInstanceGID,qi.startdate as
vQIStartDate,qi.enddate as vQIEndDate from cm_quotainstance as qi, cm_quota
as q, fs_agr as a where a.fs_unid = AGR_UNID and a.fs_model = q.model and
qi.quota = q.tril_gid LOOP

                        if (vQIStartDate > M_COMM_CLOSE_DATE OR vQIEndDate
<= M_COMM_CLOSE_DATE) then
                update  cm_quotainstance set changedate =
DEFAULT_LOWEST_DATE where tril_gid = vQuotaInstanceGID;
                end if;
        END LOOP;

        RETURN 0;


END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

I know the problem is that we cant use a variable name in a select query.
But then how can I use this variable later in "if" statement (say
vQIStartDate variable)
Thanks and Regards,
Vinita Bansal

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Re: error : syntax error at or near $1 for over select rows

From

John DeSoi

Date:

27 December 2004, 21:51:46

On Dec 27, 2004, at 11:36 AM, vinita bansal wrote:

>        FOR for1 in select qi.tril_gid as
> vQuotaInstanceGID,qi.startdate as vQIStartDate,qi.enddate as
> vQIEndDate from cm_quotainstance as qi, cm_quota as q, fs_agr as a
> where a.fs_unid = AGR_UNID and a.fs_model = q.model and qi.quota =
> q.tril_gid LOOP
>
>                        if (vQIStartDate > M_COMM_CLOSE_DATE OR
> vQIEndDate <= M_COMM_CLOSE_DATE) then
>                update  cm_quotainstance set changedate =
> DEFAULT_LOWEST_DATE where tril_gid = vQuotaInstanceGID;
>                end if;
>        END LOOP;
>

for1 is a record type from which you can access the other columns. So
with something like

FOR for1 in select * from cm_quotainstance where ... loop

then you can access the columns in your subsequent if statements like:

if (for1.startdate > > M_COMM_CLOSE_DATE OR for1.enddate <=
M_COMM_CLOSE_DATE) ...

Look in the plpgsql section of the documentation under "Looping Through
Query Results" -- this is section 36.7.4 in the 8.0 documentation.

Best,

John DeSoi, Ph.D.
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