Re: pPL/pgSQL restriction on characters for copying types?

Thiemo Kellner <thiemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:53:34 +0100

Thanks for the hint and care. The install script has a set statement 
already and I now added the search_path clause to no avail. Please find 
the entire code attached and a screenshot from the error.

Am 26.02.2024 um 17:35 schrieb Tom Lane:
Thiemo Kellner <thiemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
However, I want to create a (trigger) function to impose data
consistency. For that purpose, I try to copy the data type of a PL/pgSQL
variable from the base object, a view in that case. Trying so, I get the
following error on installation of the function.

V⠒NODE_TYPE⠒NAME                NODE⠒V.NODE_TYPE⠒NAME%type := null;

Syntax error at "%" … invalid type name. If I use the actual type of the
column, all is fine.

FWIW, I couldn't reproduce this with the fragmentary scripts you
provided.  I suspect the problem is not about the special characters
in the names, rather about search_path not including the NODE⠒V view.
Consider schema-qualifying the view name, or attaching a "SET
search_path" clause to the function.

			regards, tom lane
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