[GENERAL] Confused by misleading error message on SP creation

2007-01-09 Thread Gregory S. Williamson
This is PostgreSQL 8.1.4, and I am utterly lost. This function started in Informix and worked perfectly. Migrating to postgres resulted in about a *10,000* x slow down as it resorts to doing a sequential scan. In the sql below the addition of client id and report id to the initial select are

Re: [GENERAL] Confused by misleading error message on SP creation

2007-01-09 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 03:42:47AM -0800, Gregory S. Williamson wrote: This is PostgreSQL 8.1.4, and I am utterly lost. snip The error message: psql:e.sql:54: ERROR: syntax error at or near $2 at character 15 QUERY: SELECT $1 $2 := $3 CONTEXT: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function

Re: [GENERAL] Confused by misleading error message on SP creation

2007-01-09 Thread Gregory S. Williamson
Subject:Re: [GENERAL] Confused by misleading error message on SP creation On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 03:42:47AM -0800, Gregory S. Williamson wrote: This is PostgreSQL 8.1.4, and I am utterly lost. snip The error message: psql:e.sql:54: ERROR: syntax error at or near $2 at character 15 QUERY