Re: Help to realise function

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:57:14 +1000, "Harvey, Allan AC" <HarveyA@OneSteel.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone offer suggestions on how to realise this function....
>
> It is the $1 as the table name that is the problem.
>
> I'm using Version 7.4.5
>
> create or replace function last_scan( varchar, varchar ) returns float as '
>     declare
>         result float;
>
>     begin
>         result := value from $1 where parameter = $2 order by dt desc limit 1;
>
>         return result;
>     end;
> ' LANGUAGE plpgsql;

try executing the query

declare
    r record;
begin
    for r in execute 'select value from '||quote_ident($1)||' where
    parameter = '||quote_literal($2)||' order by dt desc limit 1' loop
        return r.value;
    end loop;
    return null;
end;

klint.

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