Yes you got my problem correctly. I want to change tablename and values at run time.
Is there any other way instead using "||" (append) ? like prepared statement. PREPARE fooplan (int, text, bool, numeric) AS INSERT INTO foo VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4); EXECUTE fooplan(1, 'Hunter Valley', 't', 200.00); Thanks Dinesh Pandey -----Original Message----- From: Richard Huxton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'PostgreSQL' Subject: Re: [SQL] Prepared query ? Dinesh Pandey wrote: > How can I > > 1. Write a prepared query and > 2. Set values at run time and > 3. Execute that query for different values. > LOOP > ... > ... > sql := INSERT INTO MYTABLE VALUES(?, ?); > --EXECUTE (sql); You don't say what language you want to use, but assuming it's plpgsql, then for the simple case you can just do: LOOP INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (var1, var2); END LOOP Now, let's say you wanted to change mytable as well as the values, you'd use sql := ''INSERT INTO '' || quote_ident(my_table_variable) || '' VALUES ...etc''; EXECUTE sql; Does that help? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend