From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Matthias Nagl <mnagl@web.de>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: problem with automatic altering of groups
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:32:56 -0700
Message-ID: <200308201432.56634.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200308202118.h7KLI2Q08941@mailgate5.cinetic.de>
References: <200308202118.h7KLI2Q08941@mailgate5.cinetic.de>
Matthias,
> I don't understand why this function ist refused by postgresql with an parse
error at the first $1 as ist every
> other method I tryed to get postgres making an "alter group" with a
variable. I'd be very happy if someone
> could help...
You can't substitute variables for object names. If you need to construct
dynamic query strings, use PL/pgSQL and EXECUTE:
sql_qry := ''ALTER GROUP '' || $group || '' ADD USER '' || $user;
EXECUTE sql_query;
--
-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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