On Monday 19 January 2009 22:49:17 Gerhard Heift wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:19:06PM +0100, Reg Me Please wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I have a maintenance PL/pgSQL function that needs to recreate a partial > > index (not a REINDEX, though). > > In the WHERE condition of the index I have one of the function arguments. > > A plain "CREATE INDEX ... WHERE ..." will lead to a runtime error like > > this: > > > > tmp2=# SELECT * FROM f_maint1( '20080401'::timestamptz ); > > ERROR: there is no parameter $1 > > CONTEXT: SQL statement "CREATE INDEX i_special_part ON t_atable( > > col1,col2 ) WHERE col3 >= $1 " > > PL/pgSQL function "f_maint1" line 28 at SQL statement > > > > To work this issue around I switched to dynamic SQL with "EXECUTE 'CREATE > > INDEX ...' " > > What about > > EXECUTE 'CREATE INDEX bla ON t_table WHERE (col >= ' > > || pg_catalog.quote_literal($1) || ')'; > > Regards, > Gerhard Exactly what I did: > > To work this issue around I switched to dynamic SQL with "EXECUTE 'CREATE > > INDEX ...' " The question remains, though. -- Fahrbahn ist ein graues Band weisse Streifen, grüner Rand -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
