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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: H <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Users Mailing List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Combining metavariables and table names
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:53:50 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwb9jdGH6-og4HFQv=AU7UH+V2AjoQy2y+xZ_Cjz1bx5FA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Sunday, December 28, 2025, H <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I have a feeling I might be missing how to use the combination of a
> metavariable and a table name when used in an argument to a procedure.


No, what you are doing is impossible if you limit yourself to direct SQL
command syntax writing.


> Even though I gotten it to work, what would the correct usage be?
>

I’d probably do something like:

versioning(…, format(‘%I.%I’, :’s’, ‘test_history’), …)

David J.


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