[SQL] Creating tables from within functions

2003-01-28 Thread Seethalakshmi VB
Is it possible to issue a CREATE TABLE statement from inside of a PostgreSQL
function?  If not, then how about from within a PL/pgSQL function?  I have
tried a lot of different permutations but can't seem to get it to compile
and/or run cleanly.  For example, consider:

CREATE FUNCTION _testcreate () RETURNS text AS '
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE switch_table2 (switch_id varchar(32),
selection_name varchar(100));
end;
' language 'plpgsql';

What is wrong with this?  What type should be returned?  Or perhaps it is
simply not possible to create a table from within a function?

Please give me the reply soon as possible
Thanks!

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[SQL] returning table from a function

2003-02-01 Thread Seethalakshmi VB



Hi
How to return a user created table from a 
function?