Re: How to declare cursor if tablename is a variable?

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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:28:15AM +0000, hu js wrote:
> It doesn't work. Because can't use variable for table name in query.
> 
> Please tell me another way. Thanks

What exactly have you tried that doesn't work?  Will neither of the
following do what you want?  What version of PostgreSQL are you using?

DECLARE rec_obj    record; query_obj  text := 'SELECT mrc_xy_position FROM ' || quote_ident(tablename);
BEGIN FOR rec_obj IN EXECUTE query_obj LOOP   [...] END LOOP;

or

DECLARE cur_obj    refcursor; query_obj  text := 'SELECT mrc_xy_position FROM ' || quote_ident(tablename);
BEGIN OPEN cur_obj FOR EXECUTE query_obj; [...]

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Michael Fuhr