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From Luís Sousa
Subject Evaluate a variable
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Msg-id 45B9ECE0.5090007@ualg.pt
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Responses Re: Evaluate a variable  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Hi,

Is there anyway to evaluate a variable in plpgsql, like eval on PHP?
Suppose the example:

my_var:=''some value!'';
a:=''my_var'';
b:=<eval!!> a;

I already tried b:=EXECUTE a; without luck!

Best regards,
Luís Sousa

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