From: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Scott Geller <sgellergsu(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Dynamic plpgsql help |
Date: | 2010-04-04 16:34:20 |
Message-ID: | y2s162867791004040934qa8a57cc1n6cefdfefb5e62ce3@mail.gmail.com |
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2010/4/4 Scott Geller <sgellergsu(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> Hi
>
> I have the following plpgsql function that works:
>
> DROP TYPE if exists distr CASCADE;
> CREATE TYPE distr AS (b bigint, var varchar);
>
> DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS dist() cascade;
>
> CREATE or replace FUNCTION dist() RETURNS setof distr
> AS $$ begin
> return query EXECUTE 'Select count(*) as b, cast(mostype as varchar)
> as var from segmentation group by mostype';
> end $$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
> ;
>
> select * from dist();
>
> When I try to make it dynamic, I get the error:
>
> ERROR: column "mostype" does not exist
>
> DROP TYPE if exists distr CASCADE;
> CREATE TYPE distr AS (b bigint, var varchar);
>
> DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS dist(text) cascade;
>
> CREATE or replace FUNCTION dist(text) RETURNS setof distr
> AS $$ begin
> return query execute 'Select count(*) as b, cast( ' ||
> quote_ident($1) || ' as varchar) as var from segmentation group by '
> || quote_ident($1);
> end $$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
> ;
>
> select dist(mostype);
maybe select dist('mostype')
regards
Pavel Stehule
>
> Your help is appreciated
>
> Scott
>
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