-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pavel Stehule schrieb: > Hello > > when you would to change name of table - you have to use dynamic query > > 38.7.2.2. OPEN FOR EXECUTE > > OPEN unbound_cursor [ [ NO ] SCROLL ] FOR EXECUTE query_string; > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/plpgsql-cursors.html > > regards > Pavel Stehule Hi Pavel, thanks a lot. It works for me like this: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION user_cursor_test(refcursor,text) RETURNS refcursor AS $$ BEGIN OPEN $1 FOR EXECUTE 'SELECT name FROM ' || $2; RETURN $1; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; Cheers Andy > 2009/2/25 Andreas Wenk <a.wenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > short question. Why is this not possible: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION user_cursor_open(text) RETURNS refcursor AS $$ > DECLARE > curs1 CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM $1; > BEGIN > OPEN curs1; > RETURN curs1; > END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; > > Or, how do I set a parameter when using cursor? > > Thanks in advance > >> - -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJpYU2Va7znmSP9AwRAgGAAJ9En2TEupu7t994DIxi9ql5LH5sXACdHIi1 jNiaLX2mEmYWRxHDcGavbsM= =XUcF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general