Richard Broersma Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Hi guys, > > > > Am new to sql scripting so this might be a stupid question. Am getting > > an error while trying > > to do the following > > > > SELECT INTO svc_data_rec * from svc_tbl_name where 'uid' = sub_id; > > > > where svc_data_rec is defined as record and svc_tbl_name is a varchar that > > holds the name of a > > table and sub_id is another varchar. the error message is > > > > ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1" at character 17 > > QUERY: SELECT * from $1 where 'uid' = $2 > > CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "foo" line 132 at select into variables > > LINE 1: SELECT * from $1 where 'uid' = $2 > > > > where am i going wrong? it seems that the variables are not being > > substituted with their > > values correctly. > > Notice: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-selectinto.html > and particularly this example: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-selectinto.html#AEN54014 > Regards,
Richard, the plain SQL "INSERT INTO <table>" is an other thing as the original problem... He is in a PL/pgsql - function and he should rewrite this to use EXECUTE ... INTO Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknow) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match