Thread: Script done... Function won´t work...

Once again, ;-)

The script is finally done i hope ...

i can create my function.... no problem
but when i'm calling it up with a
SELECT zufall(); statement pgAdmin
tells me there is no function with that name...
although its listed in my function list as zufall!!!! ...
<runningagainstthewallheadfirst>


SOURCE:
create or replace function zufall(int4) returns text as '
declare
  anzahl      alias for $1;
  i           int4;
  zeichen     char(1);
  zufallstext text;
  entries     int8;
begin
  loop
    zufallstext := '''';
    for i in 1..anzahl loop
      select chr(trunc((random()*26)+65)) into zeichen;
      zufallstext := zufallstext || zeichen;
    end loop;
    SELECT count(*) into entries FROM se_errorcode
      WHERE entry = zufallstext;
    EXIT WHEN entries = 0;
  end loop;
  return zufallstext;
end;
' language 'plpgsql';

Marcel Boscher wrote:

> Once again, ;-)
>
> The script is finally done i hope ...
>
> i can create my function.... no problem
> but when i'm calling it up with a
> SELECT zufall(); statement pgAdmin
> tells me there is no function with that name...
> although its listed in my function list as zufall!!!! ...
> <runningagainstthewallheadfirst>
>
>
> SOURCE:
> create or replace function zufall(int4) returns text as '
> declare
>  anzahl      alias for $1;
>  i           int4;
>  zeichen     char(1);
>  zufallstext text;
>  entries     int8;
> begin
>  loop
>    zufallstext := '''';
>    for i in 1..anzahl loop
>      select chr(trunc((random()*26)+65)) into zeichen;
>      zufallstext := zufallstext || zeichen;
>    end loop;
>    SELECT count(*) into entries FROM se_errorcode
>      WHERE entry = zufallstext;
>    EXIT WHEN entries = 0;
>  end loop;
>  return zufallstext;
> end;
> ' language 'plpgsql';
>
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First, make sure that you're passing in an argument:
SELECT zufall(5);

When I try it on my test db (7.4) I get:
  testdb=# SELECT zufall(5);
  ERROR:  function chr(double precision) does not exist
  HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You may
need to add explicit type casts.
  CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "zufall" line 11 at select into variables
so you should also check the arguments and return type of the chr()
function.

Hope that helps.

Ron

Hello,
I believe you need to call your function as pass an int everytime.

SELECT zufall(0);

If you have multiple databases, not in schema sense, make sure you clicked somewhere on the screen within that database
sothe sql window points to that database. 

Mike

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 05:08:39PM +0200, Marcel Boscher wrote:
> Once again, ;-)
>
> The script is finally done i hope ...
>
> i can create my function.... no problem
> but when i'm calling it up with a
> SELECT zufall(); statement pgAdmin
> tells me there is no function with that name...
> although its listed in my function list as zufall!!!! ...
> <runningagainstthewallheadfirst>
>
>
> SOURCE:
> create or replace function zufall(int4) returns text as '
> declare
>  anzahl      alias for $1;
>  i           int4;
>  zeichen     char(1);
>  zufallstext text;
>  entries     int8;
> begin
>  loop
>    zufallstext := '''';
>    for i in 1..anzahl loop
>      select chr(trunc((random()*26)+65)) into zeichen;
>      zufallstext := zufallstext || zeichen;
>    end loop;
>    SELECT count(*) into entries FROM se_errorcode
>      WHERE entry = zufallstext;
>    EXIT WHEN entries = 0;
>  end loop;
>  return zufallstext;
> end;
> ' language 'plpgsql';
>
>
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