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* Problem with temporary table -- Urgent
@ 2003-07-10 08:39 Vijay Kumar <vijay@kinera.com>
  2003-07-12 04:03 ` Re: Problem with temporary table -- Urgent Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone.bigpanda.com>
  2003-07-12 08:45 ` Re: Problem with temporary table -- Urgent Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Vijay Kumar @ 2003-07-10 08:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Hi,
We are using postgresql 7.3.3, we are encountering the following problems when we used temporary tables. 

Here with i'm sending my Sample function. 

create or replace function TestTemp_refcur(refcursor) returns refcursor As '
declare
 refc alias for $1;
        lString Varchar(4000);
begin
        lString := '' CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION TESTTEMP() RETURNS varchar as ''''

        BEGIN '';
        lString  := lString ||  '' create temporary table temp_Table( Name Numeric);'';

        lString := lString || '' insert into temp_Table values (1); '';

        lString := lString || '' insert into temp_Table values (2);'';

        lString := lString || '' return null; end;'''' language ''''plpgsql'''';'';

        raise notice '' Notice is % '', lString;
        execute lString;
 open refc for select * from temp_Table;
 return refc;
end;
' language 'plpgsql';

begin;
select TestTemp_refcur('funcursor');
fetch all in funcursor;
commit;


psql:test18.sql:25: WARNING:  Error occurred while executing PL/pgSQL function t
esttemp_refcur
psql:test18.sql:25: WARNING:  line 20 at open
psql:test18.sql:25: ERROR:  Relation "temp_table" does not exist
psql:test18.sql:26: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, queries ignored unti
l end of transaction block

Kindly guide as to solve this problem....

Any help will be highly appreciated........

Thanks & Regards
Vijay

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* Re: Problem with temporary table -- Urgent
  2003-07-10 08:39 Problem with temporary table -- Urgent Vijay Kumar <vijay@kinera.com>
@ 2003-07-12 04:03 ` Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone.bigpanda.com>
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Stephan Szabo @ 2003-07-12 04:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vijay Kumar <vijay@kinera.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Vijay Kumar wrote:

> Hi,
> We are using postgresql 7.3.3, we are encountering the following problems when we used temporary tables.
>
> Here with i'm sending my Sample function.
>
> create or replace function TestTemp_refcur(refcursor) returns refcursor As '
> declare
>  refc alias for $1;
>         lString Varchar(4000);
> begin
>         lString := '' CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION TESTTEMP() RETURNS varchar as ''''
>
>         BEGIN '';
>         lString  := lString ||  '' create temporary table temp_Table( Name Numeric);'';
>
>         lString := lString || '' insert into temp_Table values (1); '';
>
>         lString := lString || '' insert into temp_Table values (2);'';
>
>         lString := lString || '' return null; end;'''' language ''''plpgsql'''';'';
>
>         raise notice '' Notice is % '', lString;
>         execute lString;

Okay, this create a function which would create the table and insert some
stuff.  But you don't actually appear to call it afaics.

>  open refc for select * from temp_Table;

I think you may need to use open for execute here as well to make it work
with temporary tables in any case.

>  return refc;
> end;
> ' language 'plpgsql';
>
> begin;
> select TestTemp_refcur('funcursor');
> fetch all in funcursor;
> commit;
>
>
> psql:test18.sql:25: WARNING:  Error occurred while executing PL/pgSQL function t
> esttemp_refcur
> psql:test18.sql:25: WARNING:  line 20 at open
> psql:test18.sql:25: ERROR:  Relation "temp_table" does not exist
> psql:test18.sql:26: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, queries ignored unti
> l end of transaction block




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* Re: Problem with temporary table -- Urgent
  2003-07-10 08:39 Problem with temporary table -- Urgent Vijay Kumar <vijay@kinera.com>
@ 2003-07-12 08:45 ` Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Richard Huxton @ 2003-07-12 08:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vijay Kumar <vijay@kinera.com>; pgsql-sql

On Thursday 10 Jul 2003 9:39 am, Vijay Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> We are using postgresql 7.3.3, we are encountering the following problems
> when we used temporary tables.
>
> Here with i'm sending my Sample function.
>
> create or replace function TestTemp_refcur(refcursor) returns refcursor As
[snip]
>         lString  := lString ||  '' create temporary table temp_Table( Name
> Numeric);'';
[snip]
>  open refc for select * from temp_Table;
[snip]
> psql:test18.sql:25: ERROR:  Relation "temp_table" does not exist

Sorry about the delay.

The issue is that plpgsql is compiled, so the "open refc ... temp_Table" 
refers to a specific entry in the system-tables. When the temp-table gets 
recreated it gets a new OID and so your function can't find it.

Solution:
1. Don't use temp-tables
2. Use EXECUTE "..." which gets parsed when the function is run.

Note that this problem applies to any table that gets dropped and restored. I 
try to keep my function code in the same file as the table(s) they rely on, 
that way I recreate both when I make changes.

-- 
  Richard Huxton



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