Robert Lakes <robertl@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I am new to Postgres and I am trying to build this SQL statement in my SQL
> script:
> ALTER TABLE listings_cdc ALTER COLUMN table_id SET DEFAULT
> nextval('tab_id_seq');
That looks correct, but this not so much:
> I am trying to build the above-stated command as a dynamic SQL statement:
> EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE listings_cdc ALTER COLUMN table_id SET DEFAULT
> nextval('||quote_ident(tab_id_seq)||')';
> I've received an error when running the script this above-stated command:
> ERROR: column "tab_id_seq" does not exist
> LINE 1: ...OLUMN table_id SET DEFAULT nextval('||quote_ident(tab_id_seq...
You want quote_literal, not quote_ident, because you're trying to produce
a single-quoted literal.
regards, tom lane
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