From: Olleg Samojlov <olleg@telecom.mipt.ru>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: create databases with plpgsql
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:14:55 +0400
Message-ID: <b73cmd$2bpo$2@news.hub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E929C3D.3010704@hsw.fhz.ch>
References: <3E929C3D.3010704@hsw.fhz.ch>
As I can now create database is none transactional statment. But
function performed only in transaction. So not. Bu I can mistake.
sirius wrote:
> a novice has the following challenge (problem):
>
> I would like to create a certain number of new databases named stud01,
> stud02...to stud25 with a plpgsql-script. But I have difficulties to
> create a new database with a script. I saw a lot of different scripts in
> the manuals to create tables, but no new db.
>
> Generally, is it possible at all? Do you may have any suggestions,
> workarounds, ideas?
>
> any help will be appreciated...
>
> I tried the these simple script without any loop, unfortunately without
> success:
>
> create or replace function createDB(text) returns text as '
> DECLARE
> DBname ALIAS FOR $1;
> sqlquery text;
> result text;
> BEGIN
> sqlquery := ''CREATE DATABASE %'', DBname;
> EXECUTE( sqlquery );
> RETURN DBname
> END;
> ' language 'plpgsql';
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> sirius
>
--
Olleg Samojlov
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