Thank you Andreas - now that one case works ok, On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Try "if (not coalesce(has_vip, false)) then ..." but the other case not: # create or replace function pref_move_week(_from varchar, _to varchar) returns void as $BODY$ declare has_vip boolean; begin select vip > current_timestamp + interval '1 week' into has_vip from pref_users where id=_from; if (not coalesce(has_vip, false)) then return; end if; update pref_users set vip = current_timestamp - interval '1 week' where id=_from; update pref_users set vip = current_timestamp + interval '1 week' where id=_to; end; $BODY$ language plpgsql; # select id,vip from pref_users where id in ('DE16290', 'DE1'); id | vip ---------+---------------------------- DE1 | 2012-01-05 17:43:11.589922 DE16290 | (2 rows) (I.e. player DE1 has vip until May and should be able to give a week of VIP to DE16290, but): # select pref_move_week('DE1', 'DE16290'); pref_move_week ---------------- (1 row) # select id,vip from pref_users where id in ('DE16290', 'DE1'); id | vip ---------+---------------------------- DE1 | 2012-01-05 17:43:11.589922 DE16290 | (2 rows) (For some reason nothing has changed?) Regards Alex -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general