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From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: hu js <hu.bill2005@hotmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How to declare cursor if tablename is a variable?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:09:34 -0600
Message-ID: <20070314140934.GA7086@winnie.fuhr.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY102-F38329B7028B182CFF13493F0730@phx.gbl>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:14:07AM +0000, hu js wrote:
> CREATE or replace function geo_polygon(tablename varchar) RETURNS 
> [...]
>    cur_obj CURSOR FOR SELECT mrc_xy_position FROM tablename;    
>    cur_point CURSOR FOR SELECT x,y FROM tablename where mrc_xy_position = 
> objectid;
> 
> Error if call the function. Neither to use “execute” . Who can solve 
> it? Thanks!

Are you sure you need to use cursors?  Can you not build the query
strings and use EXECUTE or "FOR variable IN EXECUTE query LOOP"?

-- 
Michael Fuhr



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