[SQL] Creating tables from within functions

[Saltsgaver, Scott]

Is it possible to issue a CREATE TABLE statement from inside of a PostgreSQL
function?  If not, then how about from within a PL/pgSQL function?  I have
tried a lot of different permutations but can't seem to get it to compile
and/or run cleanly.  For example, consider:

        CREATE FUNCTION _testcreate () RETURNS text AS '
        BEGIN
                CREATE TABLE switch_table2 (switch_id varchar(32),
selection_name varchar(100));
        end;
        ' language 'plpgsql';

What is wrong with this?  What type should be returned?  Or perhaps it is
simply not possible to create a table from within a function?

Thanks!

Scott Saltsgaver