On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:33 AM, bill house wrote:
>> You can't build SQL statements like this. If you want to build a statement dynamically (where the table name and
columnreferences are not known when the function is defined) you need to use EXECUTE. See
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN
>>
> Thanks for the help. Having reread that part of the manual, I see what you are talking about.
>
> I am running 8.3, I see all of the documentary references are referring to 8.4.
>
> My attempt to upgrade to 8.4 did not go smoothly. Is this the right forum to ask about this issue?
Yes, this is the right forum. Be sure to reply-all so that your responses go back to the list.
The 8.3 documentation is online as well:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
