On Jul 13, 2013, at 24:05, Prabhjot Sheena <prabhjot.sheena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > when this value is passed to the function > > select load_stage_start_v1('QA_SUMMER'2013_(EU/US)'); > > This gives an error. Is there a way to fix this issue. Your issue has nothing to do with stored procedures. You need to escape the string properly for SQL. select load_stage_start_v1('QA_SUMMER''2013_(EU/US)'); Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll find there is no forest. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general