Попробуйте это:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION linkedRepoObjects(id bigint) RETURNS int AS
$$
DECLARE catNumber int DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE cat RECORD;
BEGIN
FOR cat IN
WITH RECURSIVE children(categoryid,category_fk) AS (
SELECT categoryid, category_fk
FROM b2m.category_tab
WHERE categoryid = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT c1.categoryid,c1.category_fk
FROM b2m.category_tab c1, children
WHERE children.categoryid = c1.category_fk
)
SELECT * FROM children
LOOP
IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM b2m.repoobject_tab WHERE category_fk = cat.categoryid) THEN
catNumber = catNumber +1
END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN catNumber;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
Я заметил, что ваш запрос вряд ли нуждается в цикле, просто сделайте это:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION linkedRepoObjects(id bigint) RETURNS int AS
$$
BEGIN
RETURN
(
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM b2m.repoobject_tab WHERE category_fk IN
(
WITH RECURSIVE children(categoryid,category_fk) AS
(
SELECT categoryid, category_fk
FROM b2m.category_tab
WHERE categoryid = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT c1.categoryid,c1.category_fk
FROM b2m.category_tab c1, children
WHERE children.categoryid = c1.category_fk
)
SELECT categoryid FROM children
)
);
END;
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';