You seem to be missing a ';' in this line: v_from := c_from ; v_where := p_where <--- missing ; here v_stmt := c_select || v_from || v_where;
Regards, Fernando ________________________________ De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Ruben Gouveia Enviado el: Jueves, 04 de Septiembre de 2008 16:37 Para: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Asunto: [SQL] Syntax help please I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong with this syntax. I get the following error when i try and create this function. ERROR: syntax error at or near "$2" at character 15 QUERY: SELECT $1 $2 := $3 || $4 || $5 CONTEXT: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "fcn_gen_statement" near line 24 here's what i am trying to create: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fcn_gen_statement(p_type varchar, p_where varchar, p_newonly numeric) RETURNS varchar AS $$ DECLARE c_select varchar(64) := 'select count(distinct m.id) '; c_from varchar(64) := 'from job m '; c_newonly_from varchar(128) := 'from (select id, min(date_created) as date_created '|| 'from hr '|| 'group_by id) m '; v_from varchar(512); v_where varchar(512); v_stmt varchar(2048); BEGIN if p_newonly = 1 then v_from := c_newonly_from; else v_from := c_from; end if; if upper(p_type) = 'NEW' then v_stmt := c_select || v_from || p_where; elsif upper(p_type) = 'OLD' then v_from := c_from ; v_where := p_where v_stmt := c_select || v_from || v_where; elsif upper(p_type) = 'LAST_JOB' then v_from := v_from || ', (select distinct job_id ' || 'from job_log' || 'where status = 10) d '; v_where := p_where || 'and m.id = d.job_id '; v_stmt := c_select || v_from || v_where; elsif upper(p_type) = 'NEW_JOB' then v_from := v_from || ', (select distinct job_id ' || 'from job_log' || 'where status = 12) d '; v_where := p_where || 'and m.id = d.job_id '; v_stmt := c_select || v_from || v_where; end if; return (v_stmt); END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql