From: Milen A. Radev <milen@radev.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Table-name as parameter to plpgsql
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:34:59 +0300
Message-ID: <f8m03k$d4m$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200707302335.16951.andreak@officenet.no>
References: <200707302335.16951.andreak@officenet.no>
Andreas Joseph Krogh написа:
> The following function failes to compile:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_func(p_table_name VARCHAR) RETURNS VOID AS $$
> BEGIN
> INSERT INTO p_table_name(some_field) VALUES('some_value');
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> Gives:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
> LINE 1: INSERT INTO $1 (some_field) VALUES('some_value')
>
> Any hints on how to use function-parameters as table-names like I'm trying to
> above?
>
Use EXECUTE
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-D...).
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Milen A. Radev
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