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From ody quraviharto
Subject variable scooping
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Msg-id 5a3d805c0601291801j7de16f2eq15a4cd9698dbc7e4@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: variable scooping  (Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>)
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hi all,
I'm a newbie in postgresql. I've tried to make function but having
trouble in variable scooping.
here is the code in plpgsql:

"declare tbl_name varchar:='tbl_A';
begin    if exists(select 1 from pg_tables where tablename=tbl_name) then    select count(*) from tbl_name;    end if;
end"

the message was: syntax error in $1 in "select count(*) from $1". I
thought variable 'tbl_name' was not recognized. Why ?
Please need some help here.
Thx very much.


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