Hi, I'm having some real headache problems here. Apologies for the
length, i just want to get it all out now :)
I figured moving some 'simple' db code from my application to it's more
natural home in the db would work out. Bummer. Not only do i have to run
7.1 (beta 4) to be able to dynamically
Rob,
I figured moving some 'simple' db code from my
application to it's more
natural home in the db would work out. Bummer. Not only
do i have to run
7.1 (beta 4) to be able to dynamically generate queries,
I'm finding it
*extrememly* difficult to get to get my simple functions
to work
Michael Ansley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
create function testfunc (text) returns int4 as '
declare
sql varchar;
begin
sql=''SELECT id AS res2 FROM ''||$1 ;
execute sql ;
return res2;
end;
' language 'plpgsql' ;
Please note the AS syntax rather than INTO.
That won't work :-(
Rob,
Just need the info - i can do the rest. I also, due to my
business requirements, need to do this as quickly as possible - maybe
not the expert you perhaps are
grin No expert at all, according to Tom Lane.
As it goes I've implemented most of what I wanted in pl/tcl (having
learned tcl
Tom,
(and keep in mind
that Postgres functions currently have trouble with NULLS as
input parameters).
Not in 7.1 they don't ...
Really? Terrific. Sadly, I have 25+ PL/pgSQL functions not set up to
accept NULLs ...
Can you point me to (or tell me where to search) the developer notes
