From: | Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail(at)webthatworks(dot)it> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | references/tutorial/tricks on dynamic generation of sql (& plpgsql functions) editing/coding |
Date: | 2006-09-11 12:34:00 |
Message-ID: | 20060911143400.00bb4379@localhost |
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I'd write a trigger that generate a function.
This is done for performance reasons.
The function will be called several times and it is a list of delete statement according to the content of a table.
The content of the table will seldom change and it is linked to the creation of other tables (metadata of other tables) and I want to provide a consistent interface to the downstream developers (if any in the future) and me.
Since the code inside the function is getting a bit longer than what I was used I'm getting crazy about double quotes, syntax highlight and such.
I'm using pg 7.4 so $$ trick shouldn't work.
Do you have any advice about dynamically generated functions? Starting from a good vi/kate/whatever syntax highlighter to coding tricks to make the process less painful?
Even if this is just the framework it looks enough unreadable
create or replace function SP_GarbageCollectionGenerate(
)
returns bool as '
begin
execute ''create or replace SP_GarbageCollection( ''
|| '')''
|| ''returns bool as '''' -- what a mess!
|| begin
return null;
end;
'' language plpgsql;
end;
' language plpgsql;
thx
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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it
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