On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Seethalakshmi VB wrote: > Is it possible to issue a CREATE TABLE statement from inside of a PostgreSQL > function? If not, then how about from within a PL/pgSQL function? I have > tried a lot of different permutations but can't seem to get it to compile > and/or run cleanly. For example, consider: > > CREATE FUNCTION _testcreate () RETURNS text AS ' > BEGIN > CREATE TABLE switch_table2 (switch_id varchar(32), > selection_name varchar(100)); > end; > ' language 'plpgsql'; > > What is wrong with this? What type should be returned? Or perhaps it is
Well you have no return value. Once I put one in it works for me. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
