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* PL/PGSQL - How to pass in variables?
@ 2006-05-14 15:28 Scott Yohonn <syohonn@gmail.com>
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From: Scott Yohonn @ 2006-05-14 15:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
Using PL/PGSQL, I am trying to create a procedure to display the
count of rows in any single table of a database. The End-user would
pass in a table name and the prodecure would display the table name
with the row count.
I am able to hardcode the variable for table and get the appropriate
results from my count function (see below), but cannot pass in a
variable and have the function work. Any suggesstions???
CREATE FUNCTION get_table_count(tablename text) RETURNS integer AS $$
DECLARE
--tablename ALIAS FOR $1;
rowcount INTEGER;
BEGIN
SELECT INTO rowcount count(*) FROM tablename;
RETURN rowcount;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
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* Re: PL/PGSQL - How to pass in variables?
@ 2006-05-14 15:44 Jean-Paul Argudo <jean-paul@argudo.org>
parent: Scott Yohonn <syohonn@gmail.com>
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From: Jean-Paul Argudo @ 2006-05-14 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Scott Yohonn <syohonn@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
Hi Scott,
You'll have to execute dynamic SQL (see doc chapter "36.6.5. Executing
Dynamic Commands") for your function to work:
CREATE FUNCTION get_table_count(tablename text) RETURNS integer AS
$$
DECLARE
--tablename ALIAS FOR $1;
rowcount INTEGER;
BEGIN
execute 'SELECT count(*) FROM '||tablename into rowcount;
return rowcount;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
select get_table_count('bar');
get_table_count
-----------------
3
(1 row)
Cheers,
--
Jean-Paul Argudo
www.PostgreSQLFr.org
www.dalibo.com
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* Re: PL/PGSQL - How to pass in variables?
@ 2006-05-14 16:16 Jaime Casanova <systemguards@gmail.com>
parent: Scott Yohonn <syohonn@gmail.com>
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From: Jaime Casanova @ 2006-05-14 16:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Scott Yohonn <syohonn@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
On 5/14/06, Scott Yohonn <syohonn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Using PL/PGSQL, I am trying to create a procedure to display the
> count of rows in any single table of a database. The End-user would
> pass in a table name and the prodecure would display the table name
> with the row count.
> I am able to hardcode the variable for table and get the appropriate
> results from my count function (see below), but cannot pass in a
> variable and have the function work. Any suggesstions???
>
> CREATE FUNCTION get_table_count(tablename text) RETURNS integer AS $$
> DECLARE
>
> --tablename ALIAS FOR $1;
>
> rowcount INTEGER;
> BEGIN
>
> SELECT INTO rowcount count(*) FROM tablename;
>
> RETURN rowcount;
>
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
you can't do this because tablename is a variable not a table, you
have to append the content of the variable in a string that can be
EXECUTE'd
EXECUTE 'SELECT count(*) FROM ' || tablename INTO rowcount;
--
regards,
Jaime Casanova
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to
build bigger and better idiot-proof programs and the universe trying
to produce bigger and better idiots.
So far, the universe is winning."
Richard Cook
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* Re: PL/PGSQL - How to pass in variables?
@ 2006-05-14 18:50 Jean-Paul Argudo <jean-paul@argudo.org>
parent: Jean-Paul Argudo <jean-paul@argudo.org>
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From: Jean-Paul Argudo @ 2006-05-14 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Scott Yohonn <syohonn@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
Scott Yohonn wrote:
> Jean-Paul,
>
> Thanks! This did work. The output put the name of the function
> (get_table_count) as the header. How would I display the name of the table
> that I am requesting the row count of?
The only way I know is to alias the output in the query calling the
function, so:
select get_table_count('bar') as bar;
bar
-----
3
(1 row)
I don't know any other way to do that...
Cheers,
--
Jean-Paul Argudo
www.PostgreSQLFr.org
www.dalibo.com
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