Re: dynamic table/col names in plpgsql

Thanks Michael and Steve.

Related question: If I previously had a

IF EXISTS (select ...)

statement, and the 'select ...' part now needs to be run with EXECUTE,
how do I check for existence? It looks like I need to do an 'INTO'
with a row variable? I can't seem to find an example snippet of how
to accomplish this in the pg docs. Where should I be looking?

Thanks again!
Gary

On 6/23/07, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net> wrote:
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> On Jun 23, 2007, at 22:47 , gary jefferson wrote:
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> > Is there a way to use a variable as the name of a table or column
> > in plpgsql?
>
> AIUI, you need to use EXECUTE and build the query string yourself.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/plpgsql-
> statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN
>
> Take a look at the quote_ident function as well:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/functions-string.html
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> Hope this helps you get started.
>
> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm seespotcode net
>
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