RE: Create table in functions

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane
>
> Andreas Tille <tillea(at)rki(dot)de> writes:
> > web=# create function pHelpTable( )
> > web-# returns int
> > web-# As '
> > web'# Begin
> > web'# Create Table Temp_NumTable ( Num int ) ;
> > web'#
> > web'# return 17 ;
> > web'# End; '
> > web-# language 'plpgsql' ;
> > CREATE
>
> The majority of utility commands don't work in plpgsql functions,
> because no one had gotten 'round to writing querytree copy routines
> for them. Ian Turner finally did all the gruntwork for that a few
> weeks ago, so this does work in current sources and will be in 7.1.
>

Hmm,Andreas's original function seems to contain other statements.
If the function contains DML statements for the table Temp_Num_Table,
it wouldn't work properly. i.e 1st call would work but 2nd call woudn't.

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp