Using PL/PGSQL, I am trying to create a procedure to display the count of rows in any single table of a database. The End-user would pass in a table name and the prodecure would display the table name with the row count.
I am able to hardcode the variable for table and get the appropriate results
Hi Scott,
You'll have to execute dynamic SQL (see doc chapter "36.6.5. Executing
Dynamic Commands") for your function to work:
CREATE FUNCTION get_table_count(tablename text) RETURNS integer AS
$$
DECLARE
--tablename ALIAS FOR $1;
rowcount INTEGER;
BEGIN
execute 'SELECT count(*) F
On 5/14/06, Scott Yohonn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Using PL/PGSQL, I am trying to create a procedure to display the
count of rows in any single table of a database. The End-user would
pass in a table name and the prodecure would display the table name
with the row count.
I am able to hardcode t
Scott Yohonn wrote:
> Jean-Paul,
>
> Thanks! This did work. The output put the name of the function
> (get_table_count) as the header. How would I display the name of the table
> that I am requesting the row count of?
The only way I know is to alias the output in the query calling the
function, s
