Re: execute if statement

On 01/12/2012 19:11, Peter Kroon wrote:
> How can I achieve this?
>
> EXECUTE '
>
> if 1=1 then
> raise notice ''%'', ''notice has been raised...'';
> end if;
>
> ';

I think EXECUTE used like this is available only in a function:

create or replace function my_function()
returns void
as
$$
begin
execute ....
end;
$$
language plpgsql;

In "ordinary" SQL, EXECUTE executes a prepared statement.

Ray.

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