Received: from localhost (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045349FB530 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:52:29 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70827-04 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:52:25 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9F29FB4D3 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:52:25 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l410qMrV011209; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:52:22 -0400 (EDT) To: "Collin Peters" cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Dynamic prepare possible in plpgsql? In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "Collin Peters" message dated "Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:58:54 -0700" Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:52:22 -0400 Message-ID: <11208.1177980742@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200704/281 X-Sequence-Number: 28281 "Collin Peters" writes: > Is it possible to have a dynamic PREPARE statement in plpgsql? Well, you could use plpgsql's EXECUTE to run SQL PREPARE and EXECUTE commands, but it seems awfully brute-force. What do you really need to accomplish here? regards, tom lane