Thread: About a PL/pgSQL function

Hi,

I've created a little function, that returns an id and creates one if it does
not exist.


DROP FUNCTION fn(text,text);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fn(text,text) RETURNS INT AS '
  DECLARE
    record_id INTEGER;
  BEGIN

    SELECT "id" INTO record_id FROM $1 WHERE def = $2 ;

    IF NOT FOUND THEN
      INSERT INTO $1 (def) VALUES($2);
      SELECT "id" INTO record_id FROM $1 WHERE def =  $2;
    END IF;

    RETURN record_id;
  END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';


When i run it i get:
NOTICE:  Error occurred while executing PL/pgSQL function fn
NOTICE:  line 5 at select into variables
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "$1"

When i create a function with a "static" table name, it works fine.
EXECUTE does not allow SELECT INTO, so does anyone have an other solution?

Ferdinand

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Ferdinand Smit wrote:

> When i create a function with a "static" table name, it works fine.
> EXECUTE does not allow SELECT INTO, so does anyone have an other solution?

Use:

DECLARE
  cursorname refcursor;
  varname int;
BEGIN
  OPEN cursorname FOR EXECUTE ''SELECT ... FROM '' || $1 || ...;
  FETCH cursorname INTO varname;
  CLOSE cursorname;
  RETURN varname;
END;


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