Hi Friends
I would like to generate the path of a CSV file to which I output a query.
This is what I try:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE export_cvs(
home_dir varchar
)
AS
$BODY$
DECLARE
OUTFILE varchar;
BEGIN
OUTFILE = (home_dir || '/tmp/company.csv');
copy (
select 'company_'||id as "External ID",
name as "Name",'True' as "Is a Company",
email,
phone ,
company_registry
from res_company
) TO OUTFILE with CSV HEADER;
END;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE plpgsql;
this produces a syntax error:
psql:export_contacts_short.sql:21: ERROR: syntax error at or near "OUTFILE"
LINE 17: ) TO OUTFILE with CSV HEADER;
It works fine when I replace "TO OUTFILE" with a hard coded string.
Can anybody of you give me a hint how to do that?
Thanks a lot.
Robert