create function error

[Tony Crisera <tcrisera@xxxxxxx>]

We have gotten these errors every time we try to create a function 
through psql.  However, if we run the same statements using phpPgAdmin 
or pgAdmin III query tool it works fine.
Here's the error-
ERROR:  unterminated dollar-quoted string at or near "$$
   BEGIN
NEW.mod_date := now();" at character 63
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "RETURN" at character 9
WARNING:  there is no transaction in progress
ERROR:  unterminated dollar-quoted string at or near "$$
   LANGUAGE plpgsql;" at character 1
ERROR:  function public.setproposalmoddate() does not exist

Here is a script that produces the error-
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION setproposalmoddate() RETURNS TRIGGER AS 
$mod_date$
   BEGIN
   NEW.mod_date := now();
       RETURN NEW;
  END;
$mod_date$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

CREATE TRIGGER dcproposalmodified BEFORE UPDATE
   ON dcproposal  FOR  EACH  ROW
   EXECUTE PROCEDURE setproposalmoddate();

What's more, if we use pgAdmin III to create the function, if we do an 
export and then try to import into another db with psql, we get the same 
error.
select version() returns PostgreSQL 8.1.4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled 
by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4)

Thanks,

--
Tony Crisera




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