On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:37 AM, A. Kretschmer<andreas.kretsch...@schollglas.com> wrote: > In response to Kalai R : >> Hi, >> >> I wrote a function in plpgsql, to dispaly the student list. >> >> In a Database all schemas contains studentlist table. so I wrote the >> function with schemaname as a parameter(text data type). My code is like >> >> CREATE FUNCTION disp_fn(schemaname text) AS $$ >> BEGIN >> SELECT * FROM schemaname.studentlist; >> END; >> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; > > Not possible in this way, use EXECUTE: > > execute 'select * from ' || schemaname || '.studentlist'; > > > (it is a dynamic SQL, you haven't a fix tablename)
also (IMO preferred), execute 'set search_path = public, ' || schemaname; SELECT * FROM studentlist; merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
