Table-name as parameter to plpgsql - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Andreas Joseph Krogh
Subject Table-name as parameter to plpgsql
Date
Msg-id 200707302335.16951.andreak@officenet.no
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Responses Re: Table-name as parameter to plpgsql
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The following function failes to compile:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_func(p_table_name VARCHAR) RETURNS VOID AS $$
BEGIN   INSERT INTO p_table_name(some_field) VALUES('some_value');
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Gives:
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$1"
LINE 1: INSERT INTO  $1 (some_field) VALUES('some_value')

Any hints on how to use function-parameters as table-names like I'm trying to
above?

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