Re: [GENERAL] strange infinite loop in plpgsql

2007-11-12 Thread Vyacheslav Kalinin
Isn't "EXTRACT(dow FROM day) IN (0,6)" always true thus making select return a row every time? On 11/10/07, rihad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been reading the online docs, but... code like this somehow ends up > in an indefinite loop: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo() RETURNS int AS $$

Re: [GENERAL] strange infinite loop in plpgsql

2007-11-10 Thread rihad
rihad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LOOP SELECT date+1 INTO day FROM days WHERE date=day OR EXTRACT(dow FROM day) IN (0,6); EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND; timeout := timeout + 86400; END LOOP; If the EXTRACT condition is true, then the SELECT will always succeed. Isn't th

Re: [GENERAL] strange infinite loop in plpgsql

2007-11-10 Thread rihad
Tom Lane wrote: rihad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LOOP SELECT date+1 INTO day FROM days WHERE date=day OR EXTRACT(dow FROM day) IN (0,6); EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND; timeout := timeout + 86400; END LOOP; If the EXTRACT condition is true, then the SELECT will always su

Re: [GENERAL] strange infinite loop in plpgsql

2007-11-10 Thread Tom Lane
rihad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > LOOP >SELECT date+1 INTO day FROM days WHERE date=day OR EXTRACT(dow > FROM day) IN (0,6); >EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND; >timeout := timeout + 86400; > END LOOP; If the EXTRACT condition is true, then the SELECT will always succeed. Th

[GENERAL] strange infinite loop in plpgsql

2007-11-10 Thread rihad
I've been reading the online docs, but... code like this somehow ends up in an indefinite loop: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo() RETURNS int AS $$ DECLARE timeout int; day date; BEGIN day := current_date + 1; LOOP SELECT date+1 INTO day FROM days WHERE date=day OR EXTRACT(dow