Re[2]: Need a script that bakes INSERT script from SELECT results

-----Original Message-----
From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
To: ShuA <noface(at)inbox(dot)ru>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:25:15 -0400
Subject: Re: [SQL] Need a script that bakes INSERT script from SELECT results

> On Apr 16, 2009, at 7:29 AM, ShuA wrote:
>
> > Could someone post an example how to LOOP through row fields to wrap
> > them into 'VALUES(...,,)' list?
>
>
> If you declare record or table row types, you can insert the values
> using (rec.*), something like this:
>
>
> create or replace function test ()
> returns void as $$
> declare
> rec record;
> begin
> for rec in select * from whatever loop
> insert into some_table values (rec.*);
> end loop;
> end;
> $$ language plpgsql;
>
> John DeSoi, Ph.D.

The functionality I need is about to replicate table data into remote DB.

> for rec in select * from whatever loop
> insert into some_table values (rec.*);
> end loop;

^^^ that is not my case, unfortunately.

The next, what is supposed to do with baked INSERT statements, is push them thru dblink_exec(), as text param, to make insert works on remote DB.

Olksy