I got it resolved. I just need to put below statement into single quote instead of double quote. :)
my $query ='INSERT INTO log_table(id) SELECT $1 EXCEPT SELECT id FROM log_table WHERE id = $1;'; Thanks, Jignesh On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Jignesh Shah <jignesh.shah1...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks Anreas but I think that's not a issue. The issue is something to do > with "$1". I don't know how to get rid of it. > > techdb=# INSERT INTO log_table(id) SELECT 5 EXCEPT SELECT id FROM log_table > WHERE id = 5; > INSERT 0 1 > techdb=# select * from log_table; > id | txid | txtime > ----+--------+---------------------------- > 5 | 196552 | 2010-04-22 09:30:10.509326 > (1 row) > techdb=# > > Could anyone please help me out here. > > Thanks, > Jignesh > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Andreas Kretschmer < > akretsch...@spamfence.net> wrote: > >> Jignesh Shah <jignesh.shah1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I have written below trigger and applied on the table but it is giving >> syntax >> > error when it gets invoked. Could you please help me what is wrong? I >> have >> > given complete details here: >> > >> > my trigger function: >> > >> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION techdb_logtable_trigger() >> > RETURNS trigger AS >> > $BODY$ >> > my $id = $_TD->{new}{'id'}; >> > my $query = " >> > INSERT INTO log_table(id) >> > SELECT $1 >> > EXCEPT SELECT id --> throwing error for here: syntax error at or >> near >> >> Select from which table? I think, there is the table-name missing, >> right? >> >> >> Andreas >> -- >> Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely >> unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) >> "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) >> Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >> > >