dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Huxton) writes: > Randy Yates wrote: >> I wrote a simple pl to compute running sums, but when it encountered a >> null on a float4 value it caused pgadminIII to crash (exited >> abruptly). Is this intended behavior? > > No, but we'll need more information to figure out what is going on. Sure - see below. > What language did you use for the procedural code? > Can you show us that code? CREATE TYPE vewCheckingRow AS ( "fTransactionID" integer, "fType" character varying(20), "fDate" timestamp with time zone, "fDescription" character varying(100), "fAmount" numeric(11,2), "fClear" boolean, "fBookBalance" numeric(11,2), "fStatementBalance" numeric(11,2) ); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fcnCheckingRow () RETURNS SETOF vewCheckingRow AS $$ DECLARE inprow RECORD; outrow vewCheckingRow; BEGIN outrow."fBookBalance" := 0.0; outrow."fStatementBalance" := 0.0; FOR inprow IN SELECT * FROM "tblChecking" ORDER BY "fTransactionID" LOOP outrow."fTransactionID" := inprow."fTransactionID"; outrow."fType" := inprow."fType"; outrow."fDate" := inprow."fDate"; outrow."fDescription" := inprow."fDescription"; outrow."fAmount" := inprow."fAmount"; outrow."fBookBalance" := outrow."fBookBalance" + inprow."fAmount"; IF inprow."fClear" <> '0' THEN outrow."fClear" := TRUE; outrow."fStatementBalance" := outrow."fStatementBalance" + inprow."fAmount"; ELSE outrow."fClear" := FALSE; END IF; RETURN NEXT outrow; END LOOP; RETURN; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW vewChecking AS SELECT * FROM fcnCheckingRow(); > What version of postgreSQL? PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on i386-redhat-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC i386-redhat-linux-gcc (GCC) 4.0.0 20050505 (Red Hat 4.0.0-4) > What version of pgAdmin III? 1.4.1 (under FC4/i386) > Was there any error message? Not that I saw. > Is there anything in the logs? Here's pgsql/data/pg_log/postgresql-Thu.log, when the error would've happened: ERROR: relation "tblchecking" does not exist ERROR: relation "tblchecking" does not exist ERROR: column "ftransactionid" does not exist ERROR: operator does not exist: double precision * character HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You may need to add explicit type casts. ERROR: column "float" does not exist ERROR: column "float8" does not exist ERROR: column "float8::fClear" does not exist ERROR: column "float::fClear" does not exist ERROR: column "tblChecking.fTransactionID" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function ERROR: column "tblChecking.fTransactionID" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function ERROR: column "tblChecking.fTransactionID" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function FATAL: database "rtpfcuasd" does not exist ERROR: row "outrow" has no field "fbookbalance" CONTEXT: compile of PL/pgSQL function "fcncheckingrow" near line 5 ERROR: function fcncheckingrow() does not exist HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts. ERROR: syntax error at or near "LOOP" at character 973 ERROR: function fcncheckingrow() does not exist HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts. ERROR: syntax error at or near "LOOP" at character 970 ERROR: function fcncheckingrow() does not exist HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts. ERROR: syntax error at or near "TYPE" at character 19 ERROR: syntax error at or near "LOOP" at character 892 ERROR: function fcncheckingrow() does not exist HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts. ERROR: syntax error at or near "TYPE" at character 19 ERROR: syntax error at or near "NEXT" at character 872 ERROR: function fcncheckingrow() does not exist HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts. ERROR: syntax error at or near "TYPE" at character 19 LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection Were there other log files that may help? Please specify where they would be. -- % Randy Yates % "Watching all the days go by... %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % Who are you and who am I?" %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Mission (A World Record)', %%%% <yates@xxxxxxxx> % *A New World Record*, ELO http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr