Re: [SQL] how to store a query, that results in a table

2000-09-23 Thread Tom Lane
Paul Wehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > create view complex_view as select blah, . , effective_date.date > from tablea, tableb, tablec, effective_date > where tablea.foo=tableb.foo > > and effective_date.date between tablec.start_date=tablec.end_date > ; > insert into effective_date

Re: [SQL] how to store a query, that results in a table

2000-09-23 Thread Paul Wehr
Summary: Proposed solution, and question on efficiency of technique I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but I have a database where I needed a relatively complex view (which I can do thanks to the expanded view buffer in 7.0!, it didn't fit in 6.5.3), but I need to pass an "effecti

Re: [SQL] how to store a query, that results in a table

2000-09-22 Thread Keith Wong
This is not really possible with postgresql at the moment. Better off trying to work around, perhaps using a view. That way you have a way to change the select statement without actually modifying your client code. Keith. At 06:09 PM 22/09/2000 -0400, Nelson wrote: >thank you jie Liang for your

Re: [SQL] how to store a query, that results in a table

2000-09-22 Thread Jie Liang
Hi, So, your question is not client side, you want store a procedure in db(server side) can accept para from client side. I have not seen Pg has a functionality to do like store procedure or package like Oracle ( maybe I don't know), so , I suggest that : 1 use embeded SQL 2. store query as a SQL

[SQL] how to store a query, that results in a table

2000-09-22 Thread Nelson
thank you jie Liang for your response, but my problems are: 1. How to store a query in the database. 2. How to give a parameter from outside of database, for example: select * from table1 where row1 = my_parameter_outside. Give me an example please. begin:vcard n:brito;nelson x-mozilla-html:F

Re: [SQL] how to store a query, that results in a table

2000-09-22 Thread Jie Liang
Hi, there, If the client machine is a trusted machine in your company, use remote shell 'rsh' can call a script of SQL. If not , you had better use embeded SQL. I don't know how visual basic embed SQL, but I think is same way as other language, in postgres: #db> create  user robot with password '

[SQL] how to store a query, that results in a table

2000-09-22 Thread root
hi. I have a problem. I require to store a query sql in postgresql-7.0 like: example. select * from table1 where row1(table1)=parameter1 If i execute this query directly, I don't have problem. I want to store this query in order to execute from a client program (visual basic 6.0), but i don't know