generating dynamic queries using pl/pgsql

Hi All,

Is it possible to "generate" dynamic queries using pl/pgsql?

I am trying to archive a set of tables: affiliate_event, affiliate_batch, affiliate_batch_details, affiliate_daily_batch, affiliate_daily_batch_details.

The following steps are necessary for each table:

1) select the data from the table based on the date (and other clause), and Move that data to a temporary table
2) Dump the temp table to a file
3) Delete the data from the original table
4) Delete the temporary table.

Is it possible for pl/pgsql to dynamically generate the SQL select queries needed in step 1??
What information/input would it need in that case?

These are the step 1 queries I am using:

create table temp1 as select * from affiliate_batch where tx_dt < '12/31/2003';
..
delete from temp1;
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create table temp1 as select bd.* from affiliate_batch_details bd join affiliate_batch b on bd.batch_id=b.id where b.tx_dt < '12/31/2003' order by bd.batch_id;
..
delete from temp1;
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create table temp1 as select adb.* from affiliate_daily_batch adb join affiliate_batch b on adb.monthly_batch_id=b.id where b.tx_dt < '12/31/2003' order by adb.monthly_batch_id;
..
delete from temp1;
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create table temp1 as select adb.* from affiliate_daily_batch_details adb where exists (select ad.id from affiliate_daily_batch ad join affiliate_batch b on ad.monthly_batch_id=b.id where adb.batch_id=ad.id and b.tx_dt < '12/31/2003' order by ad.monthly_batch_id) order by adb.batch_id;
..
delete from temp1;
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create table temp1 as select * from affiliate_event where dt<'12/31/2003';
..
delete from temp1;
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Thanks in advance!

Saranya

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