Re: Creating and updating table using function parameter reference

You need the string concatenation operator ||. Take a look at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/functions-string.html

By the way, this is off-topic in this list please, post general
non-performance questions to pgsql-general.

A Dijous 14 Febrer 2008 13:35, Linux Guru va escriure:

> I still cannot pass tablename, what is wrong?
> Is this the right way?
>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test ( t1  text,t2 text  ) RETURNS numeric AS $$
> declare temp1 text;
> declare temp2 text;
> declare cmd text;
> declare t2row RECORD;
> begin
>     temp1=t1;
>     temp2=t2;
>     cmd='select product, (case when sum(pd) <> 0 then sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100
> else 0 end  ) as gppp
> from ' temp1 ' as dummy group by dummy.product,dummy.totalclaimsgroup,
> dummy.avgmems,dummy.months';
> execute cmd into t2row
>
> --After executing above, I need here to update table t1
>
> end;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql
>
> ----------------
>
>
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$1"
> LINE 2: from '  $1  ' as dummy group by dummy.product,dummy.totalcla...
>                 ^
> QUERY:  SELECT 'select product, (case when sum(pd) <> 0 then
> sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100 else 0 end  ) as gppp
> from '  $1  ' as dummy group by dummy.product,dummy.totalclaimsgroup,
> dummy.avgmems,dummy.months'
> CONTEXT:  SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "test" near line 9
>
> ********** Error **********
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
> SQL state: 42601
> Context: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "test" near line 9
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Albert Cervera Areny <albert@sedifa.com>
>
> wrote:
> > A Dimecres 13 Febrer 2008 15:25, Linux Guru va escriure:
> > > I want to create and update two tables in a function such as below, but
> > > using parameters as tablename is not allowed and gives an error. Is
> >
> > there
> >
> > > any way I could achieve this?
> >
> > You're looking for EXECUTE:
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL
> >-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN
> >
> > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test ( t1  text,t2 text  ) RETURNS numeric
> > > AS
> >
> > $$
> >
> > > declare temp1 text;
> > > declare temp2 text;
> > > begin
> > >     temp1=t1;
> > >     temp2=t2;
> > > select
> > > product,
> > > (case when sum(pd) <> 0 then sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100 else 0 end  ) as gppp
> > > into temp2 from temp1  as dummy
> > > group by
> > > dummy.product,dummy.totalclaimsgroup,dummy.avgmems,dummy.months
> >
> > ;
> >
> > > update temp1 as t  set
> > >  GPPP=(select gppp  from temp2  as dummy where
> > > dummy.product=t.product),
> > >
> > > end
> > > $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------
> > > ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$1"
> > > LINE 1: ...en sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100 else 0 end ) as gppp from  $1  as
> >
> > dum...
> >
> > >                                                              ^
> > > QUERY:  select product, (case when sum(pd) <> 0 then
> > > sum(gd)/sum(pd)*100 else 0 end ) as gppp from  $1  as dummy group by
> > > dummy.product, dummy.totalclaimsgroup,dummy.avgmems,dummy.months
> > > CONTEXT:  SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "test" near line 10
> > >
> > > ********** Error **********
> > >
> > > ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
> > > SQL state: 42601
> > > Context: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "test" near line 10

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