I'm using 7.3.
>From: Bricklen Anderson <BAnderson@PresiNET.com>
>To: David Hofmann <mor4321@hotmail.com>
>CC: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
>Subject: Re: [SQL] Tigger
>Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:17:41 -0700
>
>David Hofmann wrote:
> > I've look throught the docs and from what I can see the bellow code
> > should work, however I keep getting the error:
> >
> > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "$" at character 53
> >
> > CREATE FUNCTION session_update() RETURNS trigger AS $session_update$
> > BEGIN
> > -- Check date exists
> > IF NEW.stamp_lastupdate IS NULL THEN
> > NEW.stamp_lastupdate := 'now';
> > END IF;
> > RETURN NEW;
> > END;
> >
> > $session_update$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
> >
> > CREATE TRIGGER session_update BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON sessions FOR
> > EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE session_update();
> >
> >
> > Any help or suggestions of websites I should read would be appercated.
> >
> > David
>
>Which version of postgresql are you using? I don't believe that the "$"
>quoting
>was available in older versions than 8 (or late 7?).
>
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