Hi there, Im having a go at writing my first set of triggers for postgres and Im having trouble with an error message which the trigger produces when it tries to compile/call the function Ive written in pgsql. The error message is:
ERROR: syntax error at or near ";" CONTEXT: compile of PL/pgSQL function "text_update" near line 31 I cant find the error! As far as I can see the syntax is fine from whats in the manual. Can anyone see what the problem with the function below is: CREATE FUNCTION text_update() RETURNS TRIGGER AS' DECLARE allText TEXT; currentRecord RECORD; BEGIN IF TG_WHEN = BEFORE THEN RAISE EXCEPTION ''Trigger function text_update should not be called before INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE''; END IF; IF TG_LEVEL = STATEMENT THEN RAISE EXCEPTION ''Trigger function text_update should be called as a row level trigger''; END IF; IF TG_OP = DELETE THEN DELETE FROM cks_messagetext WHERE cks_messagetext.id = OLD.id; RETURN OLD; ELSIF TG_OP = UPDATE THEN FOR currentRecord IN SELECT textdata FROM cks_part WHERE cks_part.type = 1 AND cks_part.sourcemessageid = NEW.id LOOP allText := allText || '' '' || currentRecord.textdata; END LOOP; allText := allText || '' '' || NEW.subject; UPDATE cks_messagetext SET cks_messagetext.textdata = allText WHERE cks_messagetext.id = NEW.id; RETURN NEW; ELSIF TG_OP = INSERT THEN FOR currentRecord IN SELECT textdata FROM cks_part WHERE cks_part.type = 1 AND cks_part.sourcemessageid = NEW.id LOOP allText := allText || '' '' || currentRecord.textdata; END LOOP; allText := allText || '' '' || NEW.subject; INSERT INTO cks_messagetext (id, textdata) VALUES (NEW.id, allText); RETURN NEW; ENDIF; END; 'LANGUAGE plpgsql; Thank you for any help in advance. Jon Poulton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend