Try:
execute ''create table '' || $1 || ''_tree (....)'';
(That's doubled single quotes)
--- Graham Vickrage <graham@digitalplanit.com> wrote:
> I am trying to create tables from within a funtion
> i.e.
>
> create function _tree_create(text) retuns int as '
> begin;
> create table $1_tree (....);
> return 1;
> end;
> ...
>
> select _tree_create('item');
>
> An error message refering to $1 gets thrown up. Is
> this not possible to do
> or is there another way of doing it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Graham
>
>
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