"Jeff Boes" <jboes@nexcerpt.com> writes:
> CREATE FUNCTION bar(foo) RETURNS TEXT AS
> 'SELECT $1.status || ''_'' || $1.name;'
> LANGUAGE 'sql';
> and then change the last line of the rule to
> NOTIFY bar(new);
> but no luck.
AFAIK the only way to do NOTIFY with a computed name is to write a
function in plpgsql or pltcl that computes a string 'NOTIFY whatever'
and then EXECUTEs that string. There's no equivalent functionality
in SQL-language functions.
regards, tom lane
