On 05/11/2012 11:43 PM, Frank Lanitz wrote: > Hi folks, > > I did check the documentation but seem to didn't found the best way to > use plpythonu with a variable inside a query. > Let's say I want to run this query > SELECT id FROM some_table WHERE date=<date_from_function_call> > How a CREATE FUNCTION stateent have to look like? > I already figured out that the python code should look similar to > > plan = plpy.prepare("SELECT id FROM some_table WHERE date=???? > return = plpy.execure(plan) > > But somehow a last piece is missing. Something like this?: create or replace function date_test(some_date date) returns void as $Body$ date_plan = plpy.prepare("select id_fld from date_test where date_fld = $1", ["date"]) date_rs = plpy.execute(date_plan,[some_date]) plpy.notice(date_rs[0]["id_fld"]) $Body$ language plpythonu; test=# SELECT * from date_test where date_fld='2008-08-28'::date; id_fld | date_fld | date_per | date_qty | line_id --------+------------+----------+----------+--------- 1 | 2008-08-28 | | | 14 1 | 2008-08-28 | | 1 day | 15 1 | 2008-08-28 | | | 14 1 | 2008-08-28 | | 1 day | 15 1 | 2008-08-28 | | | 14 1 | 2008-08-28 | | 1 day | 15 test=# SELECT * from date_test('2008-08-28'::date); NOTICE: {'id_fld': 1} CONTEXT: PL/Python function "date_test" date_test ----------- (1 row) > > Can anybody help? > > Cheers, > Frank -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general