Re: pass non-formated query to PL function - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: pass non-formated query to PL function
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Msg-id CAFj8pRDbCL9KQfUcGqhZKfARZ6ayvDsP-ZR_5hHJMVcFH1UpPg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to pass non-formated query to PL function  (Joao Miguel Ferreira <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@gmail.com>)
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Hi

pá 2. 4. 2021 v 11:35 odesílatel Joao Miguel Ferreira <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@gmail.com> napsal:
Hello all,

Is it possible, in PL/pgSQL, to pass an argument to a function which is actually a "query skeleton" that the method will "fill in the blanks" and execute it or return it to the caller after ?

The caller does not have access to the variables/values that will be used to fill the blanks, but it does know the generic query.

I have a situation where this kind of separation would be nice to have in order to make the code a bit cleaner and avoid some code repetitions.

It is not problem

create or replace function exec_query(q text)
returns void as $$
declare r int;
begin
  raise notice 'q=%', q;
  execute q using 10 into r;
  raise notice 'r=%', r;
end;
$$ language plpgsql;

postgres=# select exec_query ('select 10 + $1');
NOTICE:  q=select 10 + $1
NOTICE:  r=20
┌────────────┐
│ exec_query │
╞════════════╡
│            │
└────────────┘
(1 row)


Regards

Pavel

Thank you for you suggestions
Joao

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