On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Ramanujam <innomot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      6213
> Logged by:          Ramanujam
> Email address:      innomot...@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0
> Operating system:   linux x86_64
> Description:        COPY does not work as expected in a plpgsql function
> Details:
>
> A function like this:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test(parm character varying(3)) RETURNS SETOF
> integer AS
> $BODY$
>
> BEGIN
>    COPY (SELECT $1) TO '/tmp/test.txt' CSV;
> END;
>
> $BODY$
> LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE COST 100 ROWS 100;
>
> Throws an error:
> NUM:42P02, DETAILS:there is no parameter $1
>
> Substrituting $1 with parm gives this error:
> NUM:42703, DETAILS:column "parm" does not exist

Does it work if you use EXECUTE?

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