2010/1/14 Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Wednesday 13 January 2010 10:19:57 pm Vincenzo Romano wrote: > >> > >> > Scott, thanks for that I must have read through that section several >> > times at least with out picking up on it. >> > >> > -- >> > Adrian Klaver >> > adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx >> >> Really? >> >> That section is not in any page of the v8.4.2 documentation either PDF or >> HTML. The sentence has been introduced (yesterday?) in 8.5devel, which is >> far from being "current". > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/plpgsql-implementation.html > 38.10.1. Variable Substitution > Last paragraph. > >> >> I only hope they won't change the manual to match the feature/bug >> (warning: new joke) >> >> So that was not a joke at all! :-( > > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx > Now I'm pretty surfe it's a bug. CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f() RETURNS VOID LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $function$ DECLARE cmd TEXT; BEGIN EXECUTE ' SELECT $l0$ALTER TABLE test ALTER COLUMN i SET DEFAULT $1 $l0$ ' INTO cmd USING 42; RAISE INFO '%',cmd; END; $function$ SELECT f(); INFO: ALTER TABLE test ALTER COLUMN i SET DEFAULT $1 The command to be executed is DML (SELECT). The substitution doesn't take place. -- Vincenzo Romano NotOrAnd Information Technologies cel. +39 339 8083886 | gtalk. vincenzo.romano@xxxxxxxxxxx fix. +39 0823 454163 | skype. notorand.it fax. +39 02 700506964 | msn. notorand.it NON QVIETIS MARIBVS NAVTA PERITVS -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
