Re: plpgsql function question

Andreas

Thanks for the response... it seems to be working now - I hate it when that
happens

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Andreas Kretschmer <
akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net> wrote:

> Scott Geller <sgellergsu(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I am learning plpgsql and am getting errors on this simple function:
> >
> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test2(tab1 text, tab2 text )
> > RETURNS text AS
> > $$
> > BEGIN
> > EXECUTE 'create table ' || quote_ident(tab2) || ' as Select * from '
> ||
> > quote_ident(tab1);
> > RETURN 'done';
> > END; $$
> > LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
>
> Works for me, without errors:
>
> test=# create table tab1(i int);
> CREATE TABLE
> Zeit: 0,850 ms
> test=*# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test2(tab1 text, tab2 text )
> RETURNS text AS
> $$
> BEGIN
> EXECUTE 'create table ' || quote_ident(tab2) || ' as Select * from ' ||
> quote_ident(tab1);
> RETURN 'done';
> END; $$
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
> CREATE FUNCTION
> Zeit: 0,472 ms
> test=*# select * from test2('tab1','tab2');
> test2
> -------
> done
> (1 Zeile)
>
> Zeit: 1,844 ms
>
>
> Please show the error you got.
>
>
>
> Andreas
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