Robert Wimmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there any possibility to feed a "table" function with a query. foe
> example
>
> CREATE FUNCTION func(id INT) RETURNS SETOF tmp AS ...
>
> SELECT * FROM func(<scalar>); works as expected
>
> What i want to do is something like
>
> SELECT * FROM func((SELECT id FROM pers WHERE name ILIKE 'w%'));
>
> i am using 8.0 on windows
>
> regards sepp
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Inside of your function use the EXECUTE command. Execute can execute a
text string, or a variable that is a qualified SQL command inside pl/pgSQL.
EXECUTE 'SELECT id FROM pers WHERE name LIKE 'w%''; --I don't remember
how to work the quotes, you'll have to check the docs.