Re: plpgsql , dynamic queries

It would be easier to help you with the quoting issues if you provided
an example of the entire query you need to execute and/or the code
you're using to build the query.

Quoting in a function can get pretty hairy sometimes. You might find
this chart helpful, I certainly have:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/plpgsql-porting.html (see
"19.11.1.1. Quote Me on That: Escaping Single Quotes")

I suspect this chart shouldn't be hidden in the "Porting from Oracle
PL/SQL" section of the docs.

-heath

On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 08:40 PM, Alex wrote:

> If I use variables that hold the db field's values ... how do I need
> to quote them to pass them to the query string.
>
> example:
>
> _var1 := NULL;
> _var2 := ''NULL'';
>
> or
> queryStr := ''WHERE name NOTNULL";
> queryStr := ''WHERE name ='' || _var2/1
>
> _var3 := ''somename'';
> quereyStr := ''SET name='' || _var3;
>
> I tried combinations but ending up with using 4 or 6 single quotes. Is
> there an easy way to form such query strings ?