Re: Where

Thank you - what is the correct command???

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Uwe C. Schroeder" <uwe@oss4u.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Cc: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Where


>
> SELECT INTO xxxx
> tries to create table xxxx
> See: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/sql-selectinto.html
>
> Why do you do the select into anyways? It does nothing.
> If you try to update table pipe with the select result you have the wrong
> command.
>
> UC
>
> On Thursday 10 November 2005 14:24, Bob Pawley wrote:
>> I am attempting to transfer the data in the fluid_id column of table
>> process into column fluid_id of table pipe.
>>
>> This should happen only when column contain of table process holds the
>> value 'ip'.
>>
>> Here is the command that I am having trouble with.
>> -------
>> create table process (fluid_id integer primary key, process varchar,
>> contain varchar);
>>
>> create table pipe ( fluid_id integer not null, contain varchar);
>>
>>
>>
>> create or replace function base() returns trigger as $$
>>
>>             begin
>>
>>
>>
>>             insert into pipe (fluid_id) values (new.fluid_id);
>>
>>             select * into pipe from process where contain = 'ip';
>>
>>
>>
>>             return null;
>>
>>
>>
>>             end;
>>
>>             $$ language plpgsql;
>>
>>
>>
>>             create trigger trig1 after insert on process
>>
>>
>>
>>             for each row execute procedure base();
>>
>>
>>
>>     insert into process (fluid_id, process, contain)
>>
>>             values ('2', 'water', 'ip');
>>
>> -------------------
>> On inserting data this error comes back -
>> -------
>> ERROR:  relation "pipe" already exists
>> CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT  * INTO  pipe from process where contain
>> =
>> 'ip'" PL/pgSQL function "base" line 4 at SQL statement
>> ------
>> Of course the table pipe does already exist - it is a permanent table.
>>
>> Is the program looking for some other target??  Perhaps a temporary
>> table??
>>
>>
>>
>> Or am I completely screwed up???
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob
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