Chris McDonald <chrisjonmcdon...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, I am upgrading a system from postgresql 8.4.8 (fedora 13 x64) to > postgresql 9.0.5 (fedora 15 x64). As I build a database I've noticed > that the following works on 8.4.8 but does not work on 9.0.5. Can > someone tell me why this is not legal syntax in 9.0.5 but is legal > in 8.4.8 please: > > ===snip=== > create type mytype > as > ( > somekey integer, > open numeric(14, 2) > ); > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc(IN INTEGER, IN NUMERIC(14, 2)) > RETURNS VOID > AS $$ > DECLARE > somekey ALIAS FOR $1; > rec mytype; > BEGIN > rec.somekey = somekey; > > -- 9.0.5 will fail at the dot character in the > -- following line here with syntax error sqlstate 42601 > -- but 8.4.8 is happy. > rec."open" = 32;
Hmmm, I do not see that open is a reserved word but the PL must be treating it special somehow. See where I've added quotes above which gets it working on my 9.1 instance. HTH > -- ^ > > RETURN; > END; > $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; > ===snip=== > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Jerry Sievers Postgres DBA/Development Consulting e: postgres.consult...@comcast.net p: 305.321.1144 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
