On 08/11/2013 16:47, "Adrian Klaver" <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >test=> \set tbl_name 'my_table_':YYYYMM'_raw'; > >test=> alter table my_table rename to :tbl_name; >ALTER TABLE > >test=> \d my_table_201310_raw >Table "public.my_table_201310_raw" > Column | Type | Modifiers >--------+---------+----------- > id | integer | > Ooh, sneaky. Thanks Adrian. Remi, to answer your question - this is being called as part of a shell script. Implementing it in another language would be overkill for what I¹m trying to do. Cheers, Tim -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general