Thanks, I tested that and "returns void" does work properly with just
"return".
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 1:22 PM
To: Walker, Jed S
Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Return void error in PG 8.1.0
"Walker, Jed S" <Jed_Walker@cable.comcast.com> writes:
> We are testing our system using PG 8.1.0 instead of 8.0.4. When I
> recreated functions I discovered that the ones that have "returns
void"
> and do return void all failed with the following error (when creating
> them):
> ERROR: RETURN cannot have a parameter in function returning void at
> or near "void" at character 357
> Is this a known issue or change to PG? Is there a way to still return
> void in 8.1.0?
"return void" was never correct; the correct and documented thing is
just "return"; but older versions of plpgsql were laxer about
complaining about junk in a RETURN that should have no parameter.
regards, tom lane