On 09/02/2013 06:06 PM, Bret Stern wrote:
'psuedo Can you create stored procedures that are built from parameters as below, or does this defeat the pre-compiled purpose of an SP? create function item_exists (tbl character varying, col character varying, col_val character varying) DECLARE x integer; PERFORM col FROM tbl WHERE col="'" + col_val + "'" IF FOUND THEN x := 1; else x := 0; end if; RETURN x; .... left out some syntax, but should deliver the idea trying to build build a generic "check for existing", that's not specific to a specific table/column without returning recordset object overhead any better ways
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN
thanks
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