Re: REPOST[GENERAL] Quoting for a Select Into - Please Help

From: Stuart Barbee <sfbarbee(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: REPOST[GENERAL] Quoting for a Select Into - Please Help
Date: 2004-01-15 03:17:12
Message-ID: 20040115031712.2855.qmail@web41511.mail.yahoo.com
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Alex,

Postgres's "select into" does not work like oracle.
The "select into" for postgresql creates another
table. Try this;

select aliasvalue || trim(arrayval[i]) into
newtablename from currenttablename where
trim(searchfield) like '%' ||
trim(searchvalue) || '%';

Stuart

--- A E <cooljoint(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone help me with quoting this right?
>
> select into aliasvalue ''|| trim(arrayval[i]) ||''
> from ''|| trim(realname) ||'' where ''||
> trim(searchfield) ||'' like ''''%''||
> trim(searchvalue) ||''%'''';
>
> The parser does not seem to want to put the value of
> the variables into the statement.
>
> Alex
>
>

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