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From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Functions which use an argument to decide which table to read
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Msg-id 20091009122329.GG19581@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Functions which use an argument to decide which table to read  ("Jonathan Harden" <jonathan.harden@zeninternet.co.uk>)
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In response to Jonathan Harden :
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am trying to write a function which takes an argument and uses that argument
> to return a set of rows from a table with the name given (or possibly inferred)
> from the argument.

You have to use EXECUTE. Build a string that contains your select, and
execute that string.

Andreas
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