In this case you just have a syntax error in your function. You have tried to use a single-quoted string inside of a single-quoted string. Escape the single quotes by writing "''" instead of "'" inside the function definition.
For example: CREATE FUNCTION month_idxable(date) returns date AS 'SELECT date_part(''month'', date) from mchistw' LANGUAGE 'SQL' WITH (iscachable); After creating the function, just create the functional index and you should be on the right track. Regards, Jeff Davis On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 14:35 -0500, DEV wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I am interested in setting up an index with a date_part as part of it… > From what I have been able to find I need to write a function that > will return the date_part that I want I have tried > CREATE FUNCTION month_idxable(date) returns date AS 'SELECT > date_part('month', date) from mchistw' LANGUAGE 'SQL' WITH > (iscachable); > > And I get: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "month" at character > 72 > > > > So what am I doing wrong and how would I include the function into an > index? > > > > Thank you all for all of your help! > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster