On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, John Oakes wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why this always return 1? Thanks!
>
> CREATE FUNCTION passrate(date, date, text) RETURNS float AS '
>
> DECLARE
> begindate ALIAS FOR $1;
> enddate ALIAS FOR $2;
> passfail ALIAS FOR $3;
> ret float;
> countp float;
> counttotal float;
>
>
> BEGIN
>
> SELECT INTO countp COUNT(*)
> FROM benchmark
> WHERE passfail = passfail;
Ehhh? Were you expecting that to substitue
for *one* of those passfails and not the
other? ;)
Rename the alias variable to something else.
>
> SELECT INTO counttotal COUNT(*)
> FROM benchmark;
>
> ret := countp / counttotal;
> RETURN ret;
> END;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
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