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Database column contains merge data in text column.
Expressions are between << and >> separators.
How to replace them with database values ?

For example, code below should return:

Hello Tom Lane!

How to implement textmerge procedure or other idea ?

Andrus.

create temp table person ( firstname text, lastname text ) on commit drop;
insert into person values ('Tom', 'Lane');
create temp table mergedata ( template text ) on commit drop;
insert into mergedata values ('Hello <<firstname||'' ''||lastname>>!');

select textmerge(template,'select * from person') from mergedata;


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