Re: a way to generate functions dynamically ?

Marc Mamin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to generate some procedures that depend data models stored in my
> DBs.
> As I have different models in different databases, the stored procedures
> will differ.
>
> My idea is to generate the required stored procedures dynamically once a
> model is defined.
> I will probably do this within the application. But is there a way to
> achieve this with plpgsql ?
>
> here a naive try to illustrate my idea:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test(p1 int)
> RETURNS integer AS
> $BODY$
>
> EXECUTE'
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION generated(p2 int)
> RETURNS integer AS
> $BODY$
> BEGIN

> ERROR: syntax error at or near "BEGIN"
> SQL state: 42601

The only mistake is in the $$ quoting. It thinks the second $BODY$ is
closing the first. You'll need to generate a different quote-identifier
(e.g. $CUSTOM$).

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd