Able to fix but still new error :(
test=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION tmp_trigger_function()
test-# RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
test$# DECLARE
test$# stmt text;
test$# abc varchar;
test$# BEGIN
test$# select to_char(NEW.a::timestamp,'yyyymmdd') into abc ;
test$# stmt := 'insert into tmp'||abc|| ' values ' || NEW.* ;
test$# EXECUTE stmt;
test$# RETURN NULL;
test$# END;
test$# $$
test-# LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE FUNCTION
Time: 0.996 ms
test=# insert into tmp values ('2013-06-02','Start','process');
ERROR: column "2013-06-02 00:00:00" does not exist
LINE 1: insert into tmp20130602 values ("2013-06-02 00:00:00",Start,...
^
QUERY: insert into tmp20130602 values ("2013-06-02 00:00:00",Start,process)
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function tmp_trigger_function() line 8 at EXECUTE
statement
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Adarsh Sharma <eddy.ada...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Passing each column seems not good because if column additon/deletion
> happens in future , we also need to change function as well. I think below
> will work :-
>
>
> test=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION tmp_trigger_function()
> test-# RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
> test$# DECLARE
> test$# abc varchar;
> test$# BEGIN
> test$# select to_char(NEW.a::timestamp,'yyyymmdd') into abc ;
> test$# EXECUTE 'insert into tmp'||abc|| ' values ' || '( NEW.* )';
>
> test$# RETURN NULL;
> test$# END;
> test$# $$
> test-# LANGUAGE plpgsql;
> CREATE FUNCTION
> Time: 0.913 ms
> test=# insert into tmp values ('Tom','2013-06-03');
> ERROR: missing FROM-clause entry for table "new"
> LINE 1: insert into tmp20130603 values ( NEW.* )
> ^
> QUERY: insert into tmp20130603 values ( NEW.* )
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function tmp_trigger_function() line 6 at EXECUTE
> statement
> Time: 0.749 ms
> test=#
>
> But don't understand why it is taking NEW as table. Clearly shows table
> name is concatenated but data insertion fails :(
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Ian Lawrence Barwick
> <barw...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Ian Lawrence Barwick <
>> barw...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 2013/6/26 Adarsh Sharma <eddy.ada...@gmail.com>:
>> >> > Hi ,
>> >> >
>> >> > Today i m creating a function that includes dynamic concatenation of
>> a
>> >> > partitioned table name as below :-
>> >> >
>> >> > test=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION tmp_trigger_function()
>> >> > test-# RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
>> >> > test$# DECLARE
>> >> > test$# tbl_name text;
>> >> > test$# abc varchar;
>> >> > test$# BEGIN
>> >> > test$# tbl_name := 'tmp';
>> >> > test$# select to_char(NEW.a::timestamp,'yyyymmdd') into abc ;
>> >> > test$# insert into tmp || abc values ( NEW.* );
>> >> > test$# RETURN NULL;
>> >> > test$# END;
>> >> > test$# $$
>> >> > test-# LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>> >> > ERROR: syntax error at or near "||"
>> >> > LINE 9: insert into tmp || abc values ( NEW.* );
>> >> > ^
>> >> > Time: 0.901 ms
>> >> > test=#
>> >> > test=#
>> >> >
>> >> > I tried with a statement variable also. Any ideas ?
>> >>
>> >> You'll need to create a string and use EXECUTE, something along the
>> lines
>> >> of:
>> >>
>> >> stmt := 'insert into ' || tmp || abc || ' VALUES ($1)'
>> >> EXECUTE stmt USING NEW.*;
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN
>>
>>
>> 2013/6/26 Adarsh Sharma <eddy.ada...@gmail.com>:
>> > Thanks Ian for such a quick response. But my NEW.* will be 10-15 columns
>> > row.
>> >
>> >
>> > test=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION tmp_trigger_function()
>> > test-# RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
>> > test$# DECLARE
>> > test$# stmt text;
>> >
>> > test$# abc varchar;
>> > test$# BEGIN
>> > test$# select to_char(NEW.a::timestamp,'yyyymmdd') into abc ;
>> > test$# stmt := 'insert into ' || tmp || abc || ' VALUES ($1)'
>> > test$# EXECUTE stmt USING NEW.*;
>> >
>> > test$# RETURN NULL;
>> > test$# END;
>> > test$# $$
>> > test-# LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>> > ERROR: syntax error at or near "EXECUTE"
>> > LINE 9: EXECUTE stmt USING NEW.*;
>> > ^
>> > Time: 0.737 ms
>> > test=#
>>
>> You'll need to specify each column explicitly if there's more than one.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ian Barwick
>>
>
>
