X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC1E3D1B53D for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:42:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23694-10 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:42:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [200.46.204.72]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233DED1B50D for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:42:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [200.46.204.72]) by news.hub.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9DKg1Nu030756 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:42:01 GMT (envelope-from news@news.hub.org) Received: (from news@localhost) by news.hub.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h9DKTiEX029026 for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:29:44 GMT From: limr@yahoo.com (robert) X-Newsgroups: comp.databases.postgresql.sql Subject: Escaping the $1 parameter in stored procedures Date: 13 Oct 2003 13:18:10 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 11 Message-ID: <75f517f5.0310131218.3a2907e5@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/135 X-Sequence-Number: 15535 I'm running Postgres 7.3.2 in Redhat 9.0. I'm trying to execute a function below defined as a stored procedure ALTER TABLE tms_schedule DROP CONSTRAINT "$1"; However, postgres thinks the "$1" is a parameter value. How do I tell postgres to treat it as a literal $1? TIA, Robert