From: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>
To: Mulham freshcode <mulhamcode@yahoo.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: select into
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:55:29 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <430473.67117.qm@web31802.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061122082816.26958.qmail@web90504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> Hi guys,
>
> Am new to sql scripting so this might be a stupid question. Am getting an error while trying
> to do the following
>
> SELECT INTO svc_data_rec * from svc_tbl_name where 'uid' = sub_id;
>
> where svc_data_rec is defined as record and svc_tbl_name is a varchar that holds the name of a
> table and sub_id is another varchar. the error message is
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1" at character 17
> QUERY: SELECT * from $1 where 'uid' = $2
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "foo" line 132 at select into variables
> LINE 1: SELECT * from $1 where 'uid' = $2
>
> where am i going wrong? it seems that the variables are not being substituted with their
> values correctly.
Notice:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-selectinto.html
and particularly this example:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-selectinto.html#AEN54014
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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