Hello 2013/6/6 anushasrivastava03 <anushasrivastava03@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > i am checking if schema present or not and passing schema name dynamically > but it's trowing an error : > > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION chkschema(schemaname text) > RETURNS boolean AS > $BODY$ > DECLARE > i boolean; > BEGIN > > EXECUTE 'SELECT exists(select schema_name FROM information_schema.schemata > WHERE schema_name = '||quote_ident(schemaname)||')' > INTO i ; why do you use EXEC there do only BEGIN IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM information_schema.schemata WHERE schema_name = 'secc_master'_ THEN ... ELSE ... END IF; > > IF i THEN > > return i; > else > > return i; > end if; > > end; > $BODY$ > LANGUAGE plpgsql > > ERROR: column "secc_master" does not exist > LINE 1: ...M information_schema.schemata WHERE schema_name = secc_maste... you have to use quote_literal function there, not quote_ident. Regards Pavel > ^ > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/checking-schema-present-or-not-by-passing-schema-name-as-parameter-tp5758131.html > Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general