PL/pgSQL "compilation error" - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Hello all - I apologize for the newbie-esque question, but the debug output
from postgres when you have a bug in your PL/pgSQL procedure is none to
detailed.

I've created the following procedure and am getting an error when I try to
update the table. The error is something like "parse error near ; on line 50".
Line 50 is the last line.

There's probably something glaring wrong in here that I'm not seeing, but any
help would be appreciated.

I don't know if the \ at the end of the line is a problem, but those were
added late in the game and didn't change the error message ;-)

Tim

CREATE FUNCTION artifactgroup_update_agg () RETURNS OPAQUE AS '
BEGIN  --  -- see if they are moving to a new artifacttype  -- if so, its a more complex operation  --  IF
NEW.group_artifact_id<> OLD.group_artifact_id THEN     --     -- transferred artifacts always have a status of 1     --
sowe will increment the new artifacttypes sums     --     UPDATE artifact_counts_agg SET count=count+1,
open_count=open_count+1\        WHERE group_artifact_id=NEW.group_artifact_id;
 
     --     --      now see how to increment/decrement the old types sums     --     IF NEW.status_id <> OLD.status_id
THEN        IF OLD.status_id = 2 THEN           UPDATE artifact_counts_agg SET count=count-1 \              WHERE
group_artifact_id=OLD.group_artifact_id;       --        --      no need to do anything if it was in deleted status
  --        END IF;     ELSE        --        --      Was already in open status before        --        UPDATE
artifact_counts_aggSET count=count-1, open_count=open_count-1 \           WHERE
group_artifact_id=OLD.group_artifact_id;    END IF;  ELSE     --     -- just need to evaluate the status flag and
--increment/decrement the counter as necessary     --     IF NEW.status_id <> OLD.status_id THEN        IF
new.status_id= 1 THEN           UPDATE artifact_counts_agg SET open_count=open_count+1 \              WHERE
group_artifact_id=new.group_artifact_id;       ELSE IF new.status_id = 2 THEN           UPDATE artifact_counts_agg SET
open_count=open_count-1\              WHERE group_artifact_id=new.group_artifact_id;        ELSE IF new.status_id = 3
THEN          UPDATE artifact_counts_agg SET open_count=open_count-1,count=count-1 \              WHERE
group_artifact_id=new.group_artifact_id;       END IF;     END IF;   END IF;  RETURN NEW;
 
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

CREATE TRIGGER artifactgroup_update_trig AFTER UPDATE ON artifact  FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE
artifactgroup_update_agg();


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