I have defined the simple 'min_value' function below, which I have been using for some time in SQL SELECT statements.
CREATE FUNCTION "MIN_VALUE" (v1 DECIMAL, v2 DECIMAL) RETURNS result DECIMAL
LANGUAGE SQLSCRIPT READS SQL DATA
AS
BEGIN
IF v1 <= IFNULL(v2,v1) THEN
result := v1;
ELSE
result := v2;
END IF;
END;
But when I use it within an INSERT statement it gives strange errors such as the following:
Could not execute 'insert into temp ( amount) select min_value(3,4) from dummy' in 3 ms 626 µs .
SAP DBTech JDBC: [478]: user defined function runtime error: exception: CompilationFailedException: No details
Program :
Error: Unexpected end of input
Here is a very simplified example that gives the above error (using SP6)
create table temp (
amount decimal(8,3)
);
insert into temp (amount)
select min_value(1, 2) from dummy;
The 'select' on its own works fine, but the insert gives the error.
Am I doing something obvious wrong?
David