On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 18:20 -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 09/02/2013 06:06 PM, Bret Stern wrote:
> > 'psuedo
> >
> > Can you create stored procedures that are built from parameters as
> > below, or does this defeat the pre-compiled purpose of an SP?
> >
> > create function item_exists (tbl character varying, col character
> > varying, col_val character varying)
> >
> > DECLARE
> > x integer;
> >
> > PERFORM col FROM tbl
> > WHERE col="'" + col_val + "'"
> > IF FOUND THEN
> > x := 1;
> > else
> > x := 0;
> > end if;
> >
> > RETURN x;
> >
> > ....
> >
> > left out some syntax, but should deliver the idea
> >
> > trying to build build a generic "check for existing", that's not
> > specific to a specific table/column without returning recordset
> > object overhead
> >
> > any better ways
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN
It's all there. Regards. B stern
>
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
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