Creating and updating table using function parameter reference

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To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Creating and updating table using function parameter reference
Date: 2008-02-13 14:25:02
Message-ID: 3caa866c0802130625k728a4a5dl23bffb56c1ded6e9@mail.gmail.com
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I want to create and update two tables in a function such as below, but
using parameters as tablename is not allowed and gives an error. Is there
any way I could achieve this?

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test ( t1 text,t2 text ) RETURNS numeric AS $$
declare temp1 text;
declare temp2 text;
begin
temp1=t1;
temp2=t2;
select
product,
(case when sum(pd) <> 0 then sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100 else 0 end ) as gppp
into temp2 from temp1 as dummy
group by dummy.product,dummy.totalclaimsgroup,dummy.avgmems,dummy.months;

update temp1 as t set
GPPP=(select gppp from temp2 as dummy where dummy.product=t.product),

end
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql

----------------------
ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
LINE 1: ...en sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100 else 0 end ) as gppp from $1 as dum...
^
QUERY: select product, (case when sum(pd) <> 0 then sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100
else 0 end ) as gppp from $1 as dummy group by dummy.product,
dummy.totalclaimsgroup,dummy.avgmems,dummy.months
CONTEXT: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "test" near line 10

********** Error **********

ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
SQL state: 42601
Context: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "test" near line 10

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