hi all, I'm a newbie in postgresql. I've tried to make function but having trouble in variable scooping. here is the code in plpgsql:
"declare tbl_name varchar:='tbl_A'; begin if exists(select 1 from pg_tables where tablename=tbl_name) then select count(*) from tbl_name; end if; end" the message was: syntax error in $1 in "select count(*) from $1". I thought variable 'tbl_name' was not recognized. Why ? Please need some help here. Thx very much. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster