Yup, works like a charm.
Thanks Salah and Tom for the advise !
-dave
-Original Message-
From: Tom Lane [mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 11:18 AM
To: Gauthier, Dave
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] using vars in ddl in procedure call
"Gauthier, Dave" writes:
> Trying (failing) a test to see if I can run ddl in a procedure where elements
> of the ddl are vars. Consider...
You'll need to construct the command as a string value and then run it
with EXECUTE. Beware of quoting issues (quote_ident and quote_literal
are your frie
Hello,
you need to use execute command
i.e.
execute 'alter table ' || newcol || ';'
Regards
From: "Gauthier, Dave"
To: "pgsql-general@postgresql.org"
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:56 PM
Subject:
Hi:
v9.0.1 on linux.
Trying (failing) a test to see if I can run ddl in a procedure where elements
of the ddl are vars. Consider...
create or replace function newcol (text) returns integer as $$
declare
newcol alias for $1;
begin
alter table target add column newcol text;
return(0);
end
