Re: [SQL] drop table in pgsql

From: jwieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck)
To: pawel(at)astercity(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] drop table in pgsql
Date: 1999-01-06 10:19:38
Message-ID: m0zxq3u-000EBRC@orion.SAPserv.Hamburg.dsh.de
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>
> Hi,
>
> How do I drop a table under plpgsql ?
> When I invoke a function which contains eg: DROP TABLE TMP a get a
> backend crash no matter if this table exists or not.
>
> I can always do it the hard way and put DROP ... in an SQL function
> and then invoke DROP indirectly but do I have to ?
>
> Please help me
> Pawel Pierscionek

Huh - intersting. Not that I think it's good to change the
database schema from inside of functions, but if SQL
functions can do it, PL/pgSQL should too. Will take a look at
it.

Jan

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