Alex, Postgres's "select into" does not work like oracle. The "select into" for postgresql creates another table. Try this;
select aliasvalue || trim(arrayval[i]) into newtablename from currenttablename where trim(searchfield) like '%' || trim(searchvalue) || '%'; Stuart --- A E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Could someone help me with quoting this right? > > select into aliasvalue ''|| trim(arrayval[i]) ||'' > from ''|| trim(realname) ||'' where ''|| > trim(searchfield) ||'' like ''''%''|| > trim(searchvalue) ||''%''''; > > The parser does not seem to want to put the value of > the variables into the statement. > > Alex > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])