Concatenate table name in Pl/Pgsql

From: Adarsh Sharma <eddy(dot)adarsh(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Concatenate table name in Pl/Pgsql
Date: 2013-06-26 05:07:29
Message-ID: CAGx-QqKQGSh7USi4Y6O5ve6iig0-QBbf=j8dVOi1OQsuGQW=ww@mail.gmail.com
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Hi ,

Today i m creating a function that includes dynamic concatenation of a
partitioned table name as below :-

test=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION tmp_trigger_function()
test-# RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
test$# DECLARE
test$# tbl_name text;
test$# abc varchar;
test$# BEGIN
test$# tbl_name := 'tmp';
test$# select to_char(NEW.a::timestamp,'yyyymmdd') into abc ;
test$# insert into tmp || abc values ( NEW.* );
test$# RETURN NULL;
test$# END;
test$# $$
test-# LANGUAGE plpgsql;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "||"
LINE 9: insert into tmp || abc values ( NEW.* );
^
Time: 0.901 ms
test=#
test=#

I tried with a statement variable also. Any ideas ?

Thanks

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