Re: create one function to let other user execute vacuum command. got such an error.

On Tue, 2012-03-27 at 18:51 -0700, leaf_yxj wrote:
> create one function to let other user execute vacuum command. got such an
> error. Please help. Thanks. Regards . Grace
>
> rrp=> create function vacuum_f ( tablename char(100))
> Returns char(100) AS $$
> vacuum tablename;
> $$ Language plpgsql security definer;
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "vacuum"
> LINE 3: vacuum tablename;
> ^
> rrp=>
>

Well, first, it doesn't follow PL/pgsql guidelines. You need at least a
BEGIN at the beginning of the function, and an END at the end.

But even with this, you cannot use VACUUM in a function. Don't remember
the reason why right now, but all you'll get is this error:

ERROR: VACUUM cannot be executed from a function or multi-command
string

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