Weird error message in SQL function call

Vincenzo Romano wrote:

Hi all.

I've got this error message while running an SQL function:

---- BEGIN
psql:filtb.sql:1029: ERROR: COMMIT is not allowed in a SQL function
CONTEXT: SQL function "f_relazione" during startup
funzione SQL "f_relazione" istruzione 1
---- END

Of course, I have no COMMIT command either in the function itself or
in any other function called by f_relazione().

Seeing as you are reading in a large .sql file, I'd look for a quoting
error - if the closing quote for the function-body isn't correct it'll
run on, and then encounter a COMMIT further down the file.

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

On Monday 16 July 2007 12:18:23 Richard Huxton wrote:

Vincenzo Romano wrote:

Hi all.

I've got this error message while running an SQL function:

---- BEGIN
psql:filtb.sql:1029: ERROR: COMMIT is not allowed in a SQL
function CONTEXT: SQL function "f_relazione" during startup
funzione SQL "f_relazione" istruzione 1
---- END

Of course, I have no COMMIT command either in the function itself
or in any other function called by f_relazione().

Seeing as you are reading in a large .sql file, I'd look for a
quoting error - if the closing quote for the function-body isn't
correct it'll run on, and then encounter a COMMIT further down the
file.

You hit the spot!

The actual problem was in a deeper function body that used to be
PgPLSQL and is now SQL.
A spurious "END;" in the end of the body was being interpreted as a
COMMIT;

Thanks.

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Vincenzo Romano
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