On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Reinhard Hnat wrote:
> I have written a pl/pgsql function as follows:
>
> create function aufloesung(varchar,varchar) returns integer as '
> declare
> tabnam alias for $1;
> proj alias for $2;
> begin
> drop table temptab;
> create table $1 as select sum(menge) as menge, bauteilcode, version from
> fertigungsprojektliste where fertigungsprojekt=''proj'' group by
> bauteilcode,version;
> return 1;
> end;'
> language 'plpgsql';
>
> When I call this function with:
> select aufloesung('xyz','0307W2901');
> an Error Message is issued: ERROR: 'parser:parse error at or near "$1" at
> character 15'
>
> When I change "create table $1" to "create table xyz" the function works
> fine. What did I do wrong?
Commands like create table do not currently accept variables as arguments
in plpgsql. You'll need to use EXECUTE to do them, like:
EXECUTE ''create table '' || $1 || '' as ...
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