Re: Junk queries with variables?

Steve - DND wrote:
> I really have to be missing something here and this probably a *really* noob
> question. I don't have a problem running little junk queries in the pgAdmin
> query window(SELECT blah FROM blah, INSERT INTO blah, etc...), but I can't
> figure out how to run queries with variables outside of a function. I just
> want to use variables without having to go about creating and dropping a
> function for every stupid little query I need to write. Example:
> 
> amount int4 := 1000;
> earliest_date timestamp := current_timestamp;

Michael's given you one option - another to look at is PREPARE/EXECUTE
PREPARE my_query(int4) AS INSERT INTO foo VALUES ($1);
EXECUTE my_query(1);
EXECUTE my_query(7);
...

--  Richard Huxton  Archonet Ltd