Re: Pass where clause to a function

Hi John,

Thanks for the response

I need this because it is a customer requirement. The underlying tables
the api will query are dynamically created, they are period/content
partitioned and distributed across multiple servers and database types...
not just postgres. The api/function will determine what
servers/databases/tables (some of them are foreign tables) to query based
on the parameters passed to the api. The customer wants to use their
current reporting tool that does not support function selects.

I am open to suggestions here.

I understand this type of method will restrict the type predicates that
can be written at the top level of the query... But that is ok, we can
work with the restrictions.

I also understand I may have overs simplified the question. So I hope I did
not waste your time

Thanks again

Andrew

On 14 August 2014 15:20, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote:

> On 8/13/2014 10:08 PM, Andrew Bartley wrote:
>
>>
>> Is it possible to create a view or foreign table that will do something
>> like this
>>
>> select * from table_x
>> where x_id = 10;
>>
>> passing the where "x_id = 10" to a function
>>
>> sorta like this
>>
>> select * from api_function('x = 10')
>>
>> or
>>
>> select * from api_function(10)
>>
>> passing the result set back to the original select....
>>
>>
> your first version of api_function would have to use that x=10 to
> construct the query and EXECUTE it, then return the recordset,
>
> your second version of the view would just pass 10 in as an argument,
> which could be used for the query select * from table_x where x_id=$1
>
> either way, your view would be select * from api_function(whichever).
>
> but I think you're rather confused here, as I don't see much utility in
> either of these constructs in the form you specified.
>
>
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