Thread: obtuse plpgsql function needs

obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Robert Treat
Date:
given 

create table t1 (f,f1,f2,f3);
create table t2 (f,f4,f5,f6);

i'm trying to create a function concat() that does something like:

select f,concat() as info from t1;

which returns a result set equivalent to:
select f,('f1:' || f1 || '- f2:' || f2 || '- f3:' || f3) as x from t1;

or
select f,concat() as info from t2;
returns equivalent

select f,('f4:' || f4 || ' - f5:' || f5 || ' - f6:' || f6) as x from t2;


I'm starting to believe this is not possible, has anyone already done
it? :-)

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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Robert,

> I'm starting to believe this is not possible, has anyone already done
> it? :-)

It sounds doable but you need more explicit examples; I can't quite tell what 
you're trying to do.  

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Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco


Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
elein
Date:
You'll need to pass the values down to your
concat function (which I suggest you don't call concat)
and have it return a text type.

What exactly is your problem?  I must be missing something.

elein

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:31:52PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> given 
> 
> create table t1 (f,f1,f2,f3);
> create table t2 (f,f4,f5,f6);
> 
> i'm trying to create a function concat() that does something like:
> 
> select f,concat() as info from t1;
> 
> which returns a result set equivalent to:
> select f,('f1:' || f1 || '- f2:' || f2 || '- f3:' || f3) as x from t1;
> 
> or
> select f,concat() as info from t2;
> returns equivalent
> 
> select f,('f4:' || f4 || ' - f5:' || f5 || ' - f6:' || f6) as x from t2;
> 
> 
> I'm starting to believe this is not possible, has anyone already done
> it? :-)
> 
> Robert Treat
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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Robert Treat
Date:
On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 19:33, elein wrote:
> You'll need to pass the values down to your
> concat function (which I suggest you don't call concat)
> and have it return a text type.
> 
> What exactly is your problem?  I must be missing something.
> 

The problem is that I need the function to be generic so that I don't
have to pass the values down to the function, it just grabs the values
automagically based on the table it's being called against.

Robert Treat 

> elein
> 
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:31:52PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > given 
> > 
> > create table t1 (f,f1,f2,f3);
> > create table t2 (f,f4,f5,f6);
> > 
> > i'm trying to create a function concat() that does something like:
> > 
> > select f,concat() as info from t1;
> > 
> > which returns a result set equivalent to:
> > select f,('f1:' || f1 || '- f2:' || f2 || '- f3:' || f3) as x from t1;
> > 
> > or
> > select f,concat() as info from t2;
> > returns equivalent
> > 
> > select f,('f4:' || f4 || ' - f5:' || f5 || ' - f6:' || f6) as x from t2;
> > 
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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Robert Treat
Date:
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 09:06, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 19:33, elein wrote:
> > You'll need to pass the values down to your
> > concat function (which I suggest you don't call concat)
> > and have it return a text type.
> > 
> > What exactly is your problem?  I must be missing something.
> > 
> 
> The problem is that I need the function to be generic so that I don't
> have to pass the values down to the function, it just grabs the values
> automagically based on the table it's being called against.
> 
> Robert Treat 
> 

Hmm... I neglected to mention that I was trying to find a solution that
didn't use ctid or oid. If I abandon that path I think it will be
straightforward... 

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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
elein
Date:

How will you know in your function what the field
names are (you won't) and how many fields to concat
unless the function would only work on a fixed number
of fields?

If it only works on a fixed number of fields,
you still have:myconcat( text, text, text, text )

called by select f, myconcat( f,f1,f2,f3) from t1;
andselect f, myconcat( f,f4,f5,f6) from t2;

The cost is typing in the param list.

For a variable length record it is trickier.
You can do it in C, of course.

The key pieces needed to do this are:* Ability to pass a generic RECORD to a function.    This *might* be in 7.4 but
I'mnot sure.    myconcat( t1 ); or possibly myconcat (t1.*);* Ability to know the number of columns in the RECORD    A
pg_catalogquery* Ability to access the columns by order in a loop    AFAIK you have to access the columns by name.
 

If you can work through those issues, then
you'll have it.  The pieces are available in
several areas, the generic types and languages
like plpython and plperl which may be able to
loop through a generic tuple, if they could input
a tuple.

I will hang onto this problem and if either of
us finds a solution, I'd like to publish it in
general bits.

elein



On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:06:49AM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 19:33, elein wrote:
> > You'll need to pass the values down to your
> > concat function (which I suggest you don't call concat)
> > and have it return a text type.
> > 
> > What exactly is your problem?  I must be missing something.
> > 
> 
> The problem is that I need the function to be generic so that I don't
> have to pass the values down to the function, it just grabs the values
> automagically based on the table it's being called against.
> 
> Robert Treat 
> 
> > elein
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:31:52PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > > given 
> > > 
> > > create table t1 (f,f1,f2,f3);
> > > create table t2 (f,f4,f5,f6);
> > > 
> > > i'm trying to create a function concat() that does something like:
> > > 
> > > select f,concat() as info from t1;
> > > 
> > > which returns a result set equivalent to:
> > > select f,('f1:' || f1 || '- f2:' || f2 || '- f3:' || f3) as x from t1;
> > > 
> > > or
> > > select f,concat() as info from t2;
> > > returns equivalent
> > > 
> > > select f,('f4:' || f4 || ' - f5:' || f5 || ' - f6:' || f6) as x from t2;
> > > 
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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Elein, Robert,
I think Robert can do this in 7.3.3, and in PL/pgSQL.  But I'm not going any 
further on it until Robert clarifies his examples, because I'm not sure what 
he's talking about.  

In your example, Robert, you use "f1" to indicate both the column f1 and the 
value of the column f1.  This makes it impossible for me to understand which 
of the two you want.

Try again?

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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Tom Lane
Date:
elein <elein@varlena.com> writes:
> You can do it in C, of course.

Yeah.  Also you could do it easily in plperl or pltcl (composite-type
arguments get passed as perl hashes or Tcl arrays respectively).
plpgsql does not have any facility for run-time determination of field
names, so you're pretty much out of luck in that particular language.
        regards, tom lane


Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
elein
Date:
So, other than C, plperl or pltcl is the way to go.
As long as they can input generic composite types
(I wasn't sure of that, but I should have known), 
they can access columns as array elements so you can
loop through them. And they'll tell you the number
of arguments. Ta da!

elein

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 03:15:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> elein <elein@varlena.com> writes:
> > You can do it in C, of course.
> 
> Yeah.  Also you could do it easily in plperl or pltcl (composite-type
> arguments get passed as perl hashes or Tcl arrays respectively).
> plpgsql does not have any facility for run-time determination of field
> names, so you're pretty much out of luck in that particular language.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 


Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
greg@turnstep.com
Date:
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Perhaps something like this?. Called like thus:

SELECT a,b,c,msgmaker('t1',ctid) FROM t1 WHERE a=b;


CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION msgmaker(text,tid) RETURNS text AS '

DECLARE
 mytable ALIAS FOR $1; mytid   ALIAS FOR $2; myctid  TEXT;
 myquery TEXT; mylen   SMALLINT := 20; yourlen SMALLINT; mydec   SMALLINT; myinfo  TEXT; myrec   RECORD; biglist TEXT
:=\'Error\';
 

BEGIN
 myquery := \'   SELECT length(attname) AS lenny FROM pg_attribute   WHERE attnum >=1   AND attrelid = (SELECT oid FROM
pg_classWHERE relname = \'\'\' || mytable || \'\'\')   ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 1\';
 
 FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myquery LOOP   mylen := myrec.lenny; END LOOP;
 myquery := \'   SELECT attname, atttypid, atttypmod FROM pg_attribute   WHERE attnum >=1   AND attrelid = (SELECT oid
FROMpg_class WHERE relname = \'\'\' || mytable || \'\'\')   ORDER BY attname ASC\';
 
 myinfo := \'SELECT \';
 FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myquery LOOP   myinfo := myinfo || \'\'\'- \' || myrec.attname || \': \';   yourlen :=
LENGTH(myrec.attname);  LOOP     myinfo := myinfo || \' \';     yourlen := yourlen + 1;     EXIT WHEN yourlen > mylen;
END LOOP;   myinfo := myinfo || \'\'\' || COALESCE(\';   IF myrec.atttypid = 1184 THEN     myinfo := myinfo ||
\'TO_CHAR(\'|| myrec.attname || \',\'\'Mon DD, YYYY HH24:MI\'\')\';   ELSIF myrec.atttypid = 16 THEN     myinfo :=
myinfo|| \'CASE WHEN \' || myrec.attname || \' IS TRUE THEN \'\'True\'\' ELSE \'\'False\'\' END\';   ELSIF
myrec.atttypid= 17 THEN     myinfo := myinfo || \'ENCODE(\' || myrec.attname || \',\'\'hex\'\')\';   ELSIF
myrec.atttypid= 1700 THEN     SELECT substr(rtrim(format_type(myrec.atttypid, myrec.atttypmod),\')\'), position(\',\'
INformat_type(myrec.atttypid, myrec.atttypmod))+1) INTO mydec;     myinfo := myinfo || \'TO_CHAR(\' || myrec.attname ||
\',\'\'FM99999999990\';    IF mydec > 1 THEN       myinfo := myinfo || \'.\';       LOOP         myinfo := myinfo ||
\'0\';        mydec := mydec - 1;         EXIT WHEN mydec < 1;       END LOOP;     END IF;     myinfo := myinfo ||
\'\'\')\';  ELSE      myinfo := myinfo || myrec.attname;   END IF;   myinfo := myinfo || \'::text,\'\'<null>\'\'::text)
||\'\'\\\\n\'\' || \\n\'; END LOOP;
 
 SELECT mytid INTO myctid;
 myinfo := myinfo || \'\'\'\\\\n\'\' AS info FROM \' || mytable || \' WHERE ctid = \'\'\' || myctid || \'\'\'\';
 FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP   biglist := myrec.info; END LOOP;
 RETURN biglist;

END;

' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';




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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Robert Treat
Date:
Questions for the group:

1) any way to do this without the ctid/oid? Sounds like I could do
select a,b,msgmaker(*) from t1 where a=b; in pltcl (which was an early
inclination I abandoned, perhaps prematurely)

2) would it be faster in pltcl? seems like it would if i didn't have to
do the catalog lookups, but is pltcl inherently faster anyways?

thanks for the input so far.

Robert Treat

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:38, greg@turnstep.com wrote:
> SELECT a,b,c,msgmaker('t1',ctid) FROM t1 WHERE a=b;
> 
> 
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION msgmaker(text,tid) RETURNS text AS '
> 
> DECLARE
> 
>   mytable ALIAS FOR $1;
>   mytid   ALIAS FOR $2;
>   myctid  TEXT;
> 
>   myquery TEXT;
>   mylen   SMALLINT := 20;
>   yourlen SMALLINT;
>   mydec   SMALLINT;
>   myinfo  TEXT;
>   myrec   RECORD;
>   biglist TEXT := \'Error\';
> 
> BEGIN
> 
>   myquery := \'
>     SELECT length(attname) AS lenny FROM pg_attribute
>     WHERE attnum >=1
>     AND attrelid = (SELECT oid FROM pg_class WHERE relname = \'\'\' || mytable || \'\'\')
>     ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 1\';
> 
>   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myquery LOOP
>     mylen := myrec.lenny;
>   END LOOP;
> 
>   myquery := \'
>     SELECT attname, atttypid, atttypmod FROM pg_attribute
>     WHERE attnum >=1
>     AND attrelid = (SELECT oid FROM pg_class WHERE relname = \'\'\' || mytable || \'\'\')
>     ORDER BY attname ASC\';
> 
>   myinfo := \'SELECT \';
> 
>   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myquery LOOP
>     myinfo := myinfo || \'\'\'- \' || myrec.attname || \': \';
>     yourlen := LENGTH(myrec.attname);
>     LOOP
>       myinfo := myinfo || \' \';
>       yourlen := yourlen + 1;
>       EXIT WHEN yourlen > mylen;
>     END LOOP;
>     myinfo := myinfo || \'\'\' || COALESCE(\';
>     IF myrec.atttypid = 1184 THEN
>       myinfo := myinfo || \'TO_CHAR(\' || myrec.attname || \',\'\'Mon DD, YYYY HH24:MI\'\')\';
>     ELSIF myrec.atttypid = 16 THEN
>       myinfo := myinfo || \'CASE WHEN \' || myrec.attname || \' IS TRUE THEN \'\'True\'\' ELSE \'\'False\'\' END\';
>     ELSIF myrec.atttypid = 17 THEN
>       myinfo := myinfo || \'ENCODE(\' || myrec.attname || \',\'\'hex\'\')\';
>     ELSIF myrec.atttypid = 1700 THEN
>       SELECT substr(rtrim(format_type(myrec.atttypid, myrec.atttypmod),\')\'), position(\',\' IN
format_type(myrec.atttypid,myrec.atttypmod))+1) INTO mydec;
 
>       myinfo := myinfo || \'TO_CHAR(\' || myrec.attname || \',\'\'FM99999999990\';
>       IF mydec > 1 THEN
>         myinfo := myinfo || \'.\';
>         LOOP
>           myinfo := myinfo || \'0\';
>           mydec := mydec - 1;
>           EXIT WHEN mydec < 1;
>         END LOOP;
>       END IF;
>       myinfo := myinfo || \'\'\')\';
>     ELSE 
>       myinfo := myinfo || myrec.attname;
>     END IF;
>     myinfo := myinfo || \'::text,\'\'<null>\'\'::text) || \'\'\\\\n\'\' || \\n\';
>   END LOOP;
> 
>   SELECT mytid INTO myctid;
> 
>   myinfo := myinfo || \'\'\'\\\\n\'\' AS info FROM \' || mytable || \' WHERE ctid = \'\'\' || myctid || \'\'\'\';
> 
>   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP
>     biglist := myrec.info;
>   END LOOP;
> 
>   RETURN biglist;
> 
> END;
> 
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> 
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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Robert,

> 2) would it be faster in pltcl? seems like it would if i didn't have to
> do the catalog lookups, but is pltcl inherently faster anyways?

Probably, yes.   Execution of dynamic query strings in PL/pgSQL tends to be
pretty slow.

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TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Robert Treat
Date:
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:38, greg@turnstep.com wrote:
>   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP
>     biglist := myrec.info;
>   END LOOP;
> 

One other thing, I hate when I have to do things like the above, can we
get a TODO like:

allow 'EXECUTE var INTO record' in plpgsql

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Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Robert Treat wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:38, greg@turnstep.com wrote:
> >   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP
> >     biglist := myrec.info;
> >   END LOOP;
> > 
> 
> One other thing, I hate when I have to do things like the above, can we
> get a TODO like:
> 
> allow 'EXECUTE var INTO record' in plpgsql

So the TODO would be?
Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single record outside a loop

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Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Robert Treat
Date:
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 19:06, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:38, greg@turnstep.com wrote:
> > >   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP
> > >     biglist := myrec.info;
> > >   END LOOP;
> >
> > One other thing, I hate when I have to do things like the above, can we
> > get a TODO like:
> >
> > allow 'EXECUTE var INTO record' in plpgsql
>
> So the TODO would be?
>
>     Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single record outside a loop

that's what I wrote, but not what I meant :-)  I do like the sound of it 
though, but really what I meant to say was:
EXECUTE var1 INTO var2
but this assumes a number of things, namely that executing var1 will return 
only one field, and one row.  I guess that would be:
Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single variable outside a loop

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Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Tom Lane
Date:
elein <elein@varlena.com> writes:
> So, other than C, plperl or pltcl is the way to go.
> As long as they can input generic composite types
> (I wasn't sure of that, but I should have known), 

Come to think of it, that is a problem: we don't have any way to declare
a function as taking "any tuple type".  So even though pltcl or plperl
functions could be written to work with such input, we can't declare them.
This is a problem even for C functions.  You could declare a C function
as taking "any", but then you can't even check that what you got was a
tuple ...

Something to work on for 7.5, I suppose.
        regards, tom lane


Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
elein
Date:
Bruce--
Something for the todo list. This would be extremely
handy.  At minimum C functions should be able to 
ask the type of thing that was actually passed in and get
a legitimate answer even if the type were a 
rowtype.

This will also lead to the need for unnamed rowtypes,
sooner or later.

I know, I know, send a patch.

--elein

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:07:18AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> elein <elein@varlena.com> writes:
> > So, other than C, plperl or pltcl is the way to go.
> > As long as they can input generic composite types
> > (I wasn't sure of that, but I should have known), 
> 
> Come to think of it, that is a problem: we don't have any way to declare
> a function as taking "any tuple type".  So even though pltcl or plperl
> functions could be written to work with such input, we can't declare them.
> This is a problem even for C functions.  You could declare a C function
> as taking "any", but then you can't even check that what you got was a
> tuple ...
> 
> Something to work on for 7.5, I suppose.
> 
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Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Does Oracle have a syntax for this?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Robert Treat wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 July 2003 19:06, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Robert Treat wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:38, greg@turnstep.com wrote:
> > > >   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP
> > > >     biglist := myrec.info;
> > > >   END LOOP;
> > >
> > > One other thing, I hate when I have to do things like the above, can we
> > > get a TODO like:
> > >
> > > allow 'EXECUTE var INTO record' in plpgsql
> >
> > So the TODO would be?
> >
> >     Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single record outside a loop
> 
> that's what I wrote, but not what I meant :-)  I do like the sound of it 
> though, but really what I meant to say was:
> EXECUTE var1 INTO var2
> but this assumes a number of things, namely that executing var1 will return 
> only one field, and one row.  I guess that would be:
> Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single variable outside a loop
> 
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Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Robert Treat
Date:
I don't seem to have any plsql specfic documentation, and the rest of my 
oracle documentation isn't specfific enough. Anyone else?

Robert Treat

On Thursday 31 July 2003 00:12, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Does Oracle have a syntax for this?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 19:06, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Robert Treat wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:38, greg@turnstep.com wrote:
> > > > >   FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP
> > > > >     biglist := myrec.info;
> > > > >   END LOOP;
> > > >
> > > > One other thing, I hate when I have to do things like the above, can
> > > > we get a TODO like:
> > > >
> > > > allow 'EXECUTE var INTO record' in plpgsql
> > >
> > > So the TODO would be?
> > >
> > >     Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single record outside a loop
> >
> > that's what I wrote, but not what I meant :-)  I do like the sound of it
> > though, but really what I meant to say was:
> > EXECUTE var1 INTO var2
> > but this assumes a number of things, namely that executing var1 will
> > return only one field, and one row.  I guess that would be:
> > Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single variable outside a loop
> >
> > Robert Treat
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Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Robert,

> I don't seem to have any plsql specfic documentation, and the rest of my
> oracle documentation isn't specfific enough. Anyone else?

As far as I can tell from my PL/SQL guide to Oracle8, PL/SQL does not permit
exectution of strings-as-queries at all.  So there's no equivalent in PL/SQL.

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Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Richard Poole
Date:
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 01:06:18PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:

> As far as I can tell from my PL/SQL guide to Oracle8, PL/SQL does not permit 
> exectution of strings-as-queries at all.  So there's no equivalent in PL/SQL.

I'm not an Oracle bunny but they seem to have something vaguely similar
to what we do; they call it "EXECUTE IMMEDIATE" and the concept is
described as "Dynamic SQL".

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_01/doc/appdev.817/a77069/10_dynam.htm#4376

Richard


Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Guys,

> I'm not an Oracle bunny but they seem to have something vaguely similar
> to what we do; they call it "EXECUTE IMMEDIATE" and the concept is
> described as "Dynamic SQL".

Aha.  I see it now; a pretty awful OO-package-style format.   I don't think we
want to imitate this.

--
-Josh BerkusAglio Database SolutionsSan Francisco



Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
OK, so what should the TODO item be?

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> > I'm not an Oracle bunny but they seem to have something vaguely similar
> > to what we do; they call it "EXECUTE IMMEDIATE" and the concept is
> > described as "Dynamic SQL".
> 
> Aha.  I see it now; a pretty awful OO-package-style format.   I don't think we 
> want to imitate this.
> 
> -- 
> -Josh Berkus
>  Aglio Database Solutions
>  San Francisco
> 
> 
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Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Bruce,

> OK, so what should the TODO item be?

Go with the simple and intuitive:

EXECUTE query_var INTO record_var;

--
-Josh BerkusAglio Database SolutionsSan Francisco



Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Added.

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> > OK, so what should the TODO item be?
> 
> Go with the simple and intuitive:
> 
> EXECUTE query_var INTO record_var;
> 
> -- 
> -Josh Berkus
>  Aglio Database Solutions
>  San Francisco
> 
> 

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