Trying to dynamically create a procedure

Hi,

I have the need to dynamically create a procedure. Here is a simple procedure:

create or replace procedure junk.test_proc()
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
declare
v_cnt integer := 0;
begin
raise notice 'v_cnt is %', v_cnt;
end $$;

That creates and runs fine.

Here I’m trying to create it inside PL/pgSQL block (yes there is nothing dynamic below but the real code will have parts of the procedure that needs to have code dynamically generated):

DO $$

BEGIN

EXECUTE 'create or replace procedure junk.test_proc() ' ||
'LANGUAGE plpgsql ' ||
'AS $$ ' ||
'declare ' ||
' v_cnt integer := 0; ' ||
'begin ' ||
' raise notice 'v_cnt is %', v_cnt; ' ||
'end $$';

END;

$$

It throws this error:

ERROR: syntax error at or near "$$
DO $$"
LINE 1: $$
^
dbtest=>
dbtest=> END;
WARNING: there is no transaction in progress
COMMIT
dbtest=>
dbtest=> $$

I think the problem has to do with having AS $$ and END $$ with the 2 $’s. I’m not sure if there is different syntax I can use outside the $$ or if there is something I should use in the PL/pgSQL to escape those $$ to get this to work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
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