"Matthias Nagl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 20.08.03 23:09:03: Hello, is ist possible to write a function that alters the group of a given user like the following should do in my opinion (I'd like to use it in a rule): CREATE FUNCTION set_group (text, integer) RETURNS text AS ' ALTER GROUP userlevel1 DROP USER $1; ALTER GROUP userlevel2 DROP USER $1; ALTER GROUP userlevel3 DROP USER $1; ALTER GROUP userlevel4 DROP USER $1; ALTER GROUP userlevel5 DROP USER $1; CASE $2 WHEN 5 THEN (ALTER GROUP userlevel5 ADD USER $1) WHEN 4 THEN (ALTER GROUP userlevel5 ADD USER $1; ALTER GROUP userlevel4 ADD USER $1;) [...] END; SELECT ''; ' LANGUAGE 'SQL'; I don't understand why this function ist refused by postgresql with an parse error at the first $1 as ist every other method I tryed to get postgres making an "alter group" with a variable. I'd be very happy if someone could help... yours Matthias Nagl __________________________________________________________________________ Die sicherste Form der Kommunikation: E-Mails verschluesseln, Spam-Filter, Adressverifizierung, digitale Unterschrift: http://freemail.web.de
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