Re: select into

> Hi guys,
>
> Am new to sql scripting so this might be a stupid question. Am getting an error while trying
> to do the following
>
> SELECT INTO svc_data_rec * from svc_tbl_name where 'uid' = sub_id;
>
> where svc_data_rec is defined as record and svc_tbl_name is a varchar that holds the name of a
> table and sub_id is another varchar. the error message is
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1" at character 17
> QUERY: SELECT * from $1 where 'uid' = $2
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "foo" line 132 at select into variables
> LINE 1: SELECT * from $1 where 'uid' = $2
>
> where am i going wrong? it seems that the variables are not being substituted with their
> values correctly.

Notice:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-selectinto.html
and particularly this example:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-selectinto.html#AEN54014
Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.