Re: syntax error with execute

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:25 PM, A B <gentosaker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I have a query like this in a plpgsql function:
>
> EXECUTE 'INSERT INTO '||tablename||' ('||fields||') VALUES
> ('||vals||') RETURNING currval('''||seqname||''') INTO newid'
>
> and I get the response:
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "INTO"
> LINE 1: ...','2008','4',NULL) RETURNING currval('id_seq') INTO newid
>
> And I do not understand this error. If I take the INSERT command and
> run it by hand, it works fine, but it doesn't work in the function
> when called by execute. Anybody has an idea on what is wrong and what
> to do about it?
>

The final INTO clause should be outside the string, like this:

EXECUTE 'INSERT INTO '||tablename||' ('||fields||') VALUES
('||vals||') RETURNING currval('''||seqname||''')' INTO newid

Note the placement of the last quote.

HTH,

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