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* dynamic table names, determined by calling parameter
@ 2002-05-27 16:07 Michael Beckstette <mbeckste@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
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From: Michael Beckstette @ 2002-05-27 16:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Hi,

sorry, when this is a silly question, but i wonder why the following pl/pgsql
functions works:

CREATE FUNCTION test (text) RETURNS TEXT AS '
DECLARE
	table_name ALIAS FOR $1;

BEGIN
	--   test_table is an existing table
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp1 AS SELECT * FROM test_table WHERE (hsp_rank=1 AND
hsp_evalue<=evalue_cutoff);
RETURN table_name;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';



and this one with the table name specified by the calling parameter not:

CREATE FUNCTION test (text) RETURNS TEXT AS '
DECLARE
	table_name ALIAS FOR $1;

BEGIN

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp1 AS SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE (hsp_rank=1 AND
hsp_evalue<=evalue_cutoff);
RETURN table_name;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';


Result:
prod2_db=#SELECT test('test_table');
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "$1"

Any idea ?

Regards
Michael Beckstette



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* dynamic table names, determined by calling parameter
@ 2002-05-28 14:43 Michael Beckstette <mbeckste@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread

From: Michael Beckstette @ 2002-05-28 14:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Hi,

sorry, when this is a silly question, but i wonder why the following pl/pgsql
functions works:

CREATE FUNCTION test (text) RETURNS TEXT AS '
DECLARE
	table_name ALIAS FOR $1;

BEGIN
	--   test_table is an existing table
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp1 AS SELECT * FROM test_table WHERE (hsp_rank=1 AND
hsp_evalue<=evalue_cutoff);
RETURN table_name;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';



and this one with the table name specified by the calling parameter not:

CREATE FUNCTION test (text) RETURNS TEXT AS '
DECLARE
	table_name ALIAS FOR $1;

BEGIN

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp1 AS SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE (hsp_rank=1 AND
hsp_evalue<=evalue_cutoff);
RETURN table_name;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';


Result:
prod2_db=#SELECT test('test_table');
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "$1"

Any idea ?

Regards
Michael Beckstette



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