Question about anyelement datatype - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Kaarel
Subject Question about anyelement datatype
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Msg-id 492C8922.3060006@klaabu.com
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Hi

I need to use the following statement in a stored procedure:

    EXECUTE 'SELECT * FROM ' || v_table_name INTO v_result;

where v_table_name and v_result are the arguments of the function.
v_table_name is of character varying type and v_result is anyelement.


But as I discovered, it's not allowed to write into function arguments.
I also tried to declare v_result like this:

    v_result v_table_name%ROWTYPE

but that's not allowed either.


Then I tried to use this:

    v_result v_data%TYPE

where v_data is an argument of the same function with anyelement
datatype, but no luck.


Is there a way to declare such a pseudo-type variable inside the stored
procedure?

Thank you in advance,
Kaarel

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