Re: ERROR: control reached end of function without RETURN, except, it is not a function it is a procedure or a nameless block.

Hi

po 13. 9. 2021 v 13:23 odesílatel Herwig Goemans <herwig.goemans@gmail.com>
napsal:

> Hi Support,
>
>
> I get an error in a stored procedure - not a stored function mind you -
> control reached end of function without RETURN
>
> The error occurs when doing an exit <label> in  a stored procedure. Now
> I cannot give all of the stored procedures involved but I can simulate
> te problem with a very simple block:
>
>
>
> DO
> $BODY$
> <<simple_block>>
> BEGIN
> begin
>                 exit simple_block;
>           -- for demo purposes
>                raise notice '%', 'unreachable!';
>     end;
>     raise notice '%', 'End of block';
> end;
> $BODY$
>
> This will return the error on Postgres version 13, Version 12 and 9.
>
>
> Now I thought this was text-book behaviour of exiting a code block. I do
> not like programming this way but it is part of a migration project of
> Oracle to PG.
>
> What do I miss ?
>

This is Postgres's bug

You can use an just workaround - extra outer block BEGIN END;

Regards

Pavel



> Kind regards,
>
>
> If you put this code snippet in a file and execute like:
>
> postgres@herwig-NUC10i7FNH:~$ psql -f  do_test.sql
> psql:do_test.sql:12: ERROR:  control reached end of function without RETURN
> CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block
>
> Herwig
>
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