Re: need help with drop table command - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Vyacheslav Kalinin
Subject Re: need help with drop table command
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Msg-id 9b1af80e0805301357t2b711a6ew4076b5cacbc9993b@mail.gmail.com
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In response to need help with drop table command  ("A B" <gentosaker@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-novice


On 5/30/08, A B <gentosaker@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm writing a function to drop tables until there is no table left,
but I get an error

ERROR:  query has no destination for result data, It seems to be on
the line with the EXECUTE command.
Can someone help me understand this error?


CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION droptables() RETURNS void AS $$
DECLARE
        post RECORD;
BEGIN
        LOOP
                FOR post IN SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE tableowner='bduser' LOOP
                        BEGIN
                                EXECUTE 'DROP TABLE '||post.tablename;
                        EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
                        END;
                END LOOP;
                SELECT count(*) FROM pg_tables WHERE tableowner='bduser';
                IF NOT FOUND THEN
                        EXIT; --avbryt om vi inte hittar fler
                END IF;
        END LOOP;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

SELECT count(*) FROM pg_tables WHERE tableowner='bduser';  <---- This one has no target

Either do `SELECT count(*) INTO somevar ...` or `PERFORM count(*) ...`

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