thanks Adrian, exactly what I was missing :-) about knowing if I should... We have to create a set of triggers (insert, update, delete) within a huge set of tables. and that list of tables, and structure of them can be customized, maintained, ... so we were looking for a standard script to automatize the building of the whole thing, taking list of columns and constraints (for PK) directly from pg_catalog. Now it works :-)
but.. why do you ask that question ? is there any king of hidden wolf we didnt see ? Marc MILLAS Senior Architect +33607850334 www.mokadb.com On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 9:11 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote: > On 6/3/21 12:01 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 08:58:03PM +0200, Marc Millas wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> within a function, I want to create another function. > >> no pb. > >> but if I write: > >> declare bidule text; > >> begin > >> bidule:='myfunc'; > >> create function bidule() ... > >> > >> > >> it does create a function named bidule and not myfunc. > >> so I am obviously missing something too obvious. > > > > You can't create functions inside of functions; same for procedures. > > > > Sure you can: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.test_fnc() > RETURNS void > LANGUAGE plpgsql > AS $function$ > DECLARE > bidule text; > BEGIN > bidule:='myfunc'; > EXECUTE 'create function ' || bidule || '() RETURNS void language > plpgsql AS $fnc$ BEGIN END; $fnc$ '; > END; > > > $function$ > > select test_fnc(); > test_fnc > ---------- > > \df myfunc > List of functions > Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types | Type > --------+--------+------------------+---------------------+------ > public | myfunc | void | | func > > > Whether you should is another question. > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >
