Attached is the (I think) corrected version.. If you do like I said and
cut the number in half you see fairly quickly why it didn't work. I'm
sending yours back so you can easily run a diff to see what I did. Let me
know if this (attached "cedars") works.
-Cedar
On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks (esp Jan, Tom & Michael):
>
> I have a search function I'm testing, which uses the EXECUTE function to
> perform a dynamic set of string comparisons according to whcih criteria
> the user passes along. Unfortunately, this requires me to triple-nest
> my quotes .... and I can't seem to get it right. No matter how I play
> with the function, it keeps blowing up due to "unterminated strings".
> This happens even if I terminate the function short of the EXECUTE
> statement.
>
> Can someone *please* give me some pointers?
>
> Function text:
>
*snip*
create function fn_search_orders ( INT4, VARCHAR, INT2, VARCHAR, DATE, VARCHAR, INT4,
INT4, VARCHAR, VARCHAR, INT4 ) RETURNS int4 AS '
DECLARE
v_client ALIAS for $1;
v_clname ALIAS for $2;
v_status ALIAS for $3;
v_datesearch ALIAS for $4;
v_start ALIAS for $5;
v_address ALIAS for $6;
v_contact ALIAS for $7;
v_staff_usq ALIAS for $8;
v_staff_name ALIAS for $9;
v_temps ALIAS for $10;
v_temp_usq ALIAS for $11;
search_id INT4;
query_string VARCHAR;
where_string VARCHAR;
search_count INT4;
BEGIN
search_id := NEXTVAL(''search_sq'');
query_string := ''INSERT INTO searches ( search_sq, usq ) SELECT '' ||
CAST(search_id AS VARCHAR) || '', usq FROM sv_orders WHERE '';
where_string := '''';
IF v_client > 0 THEN
where_string := '' AND client_usq = '' || CAST(v_client AS varchar);
END IF;
IF trim(v_clname) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND client_name ~* '''''''' ||
v_clname || '''''';
END IF;
IF v_status <> 0 THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND status = '' || CAST(v_status AS
VARCHAR);
ELSE
where_string := where_string || '' AND status > 0'';
END IF;
IF v_start > ''1950-01-01''::DATE THEN
IF v_datesearch = ''BEFORE'' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND start_date < ''''''''
|| to_char(v_start, ''YYYY-MM-DD'') || '''''';
ELSE
where_string := where_string || '' AND start_date > ''''''''
|| to_char(v_start, ''YYYY-MM-DD'') || '''''';
END IF;
END IF;
IF trim(v_address) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND order_address ~* '''''''' ||
v_address || '''''';
END IF;
IF v_staff_usq > 0 THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND resp_staff_usq = '' ||
CAST(v_staff_usq AS VARCHAR);
END IF;
IF trim(v_staff) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND staff_name ~* '''''''' ||
v_staff || '''''';
END IF;
IF trim(v_contact) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND order_contact ~* '''''''' ||
v_contact || '''''';
END IF;
IF trim(v_temps) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND list_temps ~* '''''''' ||
v_temps || '''''';
END IF;
IF v_temp_usq > 0 THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND usq IN(SELECT order_usq FROM
assignments
WHERE candidate_usq = '' || CAST(v_temp_usq AS VARCHAR) || '')'';
END IF;
where_string := substr(where_string, 5);
EXECUTE query_string || where_string;
SELECT count(*) INTO search_count
FROM searches WHERE search_sq = search_id;
IF search_count > 0 THEN
RETURN search_id;
ELSE
RETURN 0;
END IF;
END;'
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
create function fn_search_orders ( INT4, VARCHAR, INT2, VARCHAR, DATE, VARCHAR, INT4,
INT4, VARCHAR, VARCHAR, INT4 ) RETURNS int4 AS '
DECLARE
v_client ALIAS for $1;
v_clname ALIAS for $2;
v_status ALIAS for $3;
v_datesearch ALIAS for $4;
v_start ALIAS for $5;
v_address ALIAS for $6;
v_contact ALIAS for $7;
v_staff_usq ALIAS for $8;
v_staff_name ALIAS for $9;
v_temps ALIAS for $10;
v_temp_usq ALIAS for $11;
search_id INT4;
query_string VARCHAR;
where_string VARCHAR;
search_count INT4;
BEGIN
search_id := NEXTVAL(''search_sq'');
query_string := ''INSERT INTO searches ( search_sq, usq ) SELECT '' ||
CAST(search_id AS VARCHAR) || '', usq FROM sv_orders WHERE '';
where_string := '''';
IF v_client > 0 THEN
where_string := '' AND client_usq = '' || CAST(v_client AS varchar);
END IF;
IF trim(v_clname) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND client_name ~* '''''' ||
v_clname || '''''''';
END IF;
IF v_status <> 0 THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND status = '' || CAST(v_status AS
VARCHAR);
ELSE
where_string := where_string || '' AND status > 0'';
END IF;
IF v_start > ''1950-01-01''::DATE THEN
IF v_datesearch = ''BEFORE'' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND start_date < '''''' ||
to_char(v_start, 'YYYY-MM-DD') || '''''''';
ELSE
where_string := where_string || '' AND start_date > '''''' ||
to_char(v_start, 'YYYY-MM-DD') || '''''''';
END IF;
END IF;
IF trim(v_address) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND order_address ~* '''''' ||
v_address || '''''''';
END IF;
IF v_staff_usq > 0 THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND resp_staff_usq = '' ||
CAST(v_staff_usq AS VARCHAR);
END IF;
IF trim(v_staff) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND staff_name ~* '''''' || v_staff
|| '''''''';
END IF;
IF trim(v_contact) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND order_contact ~* '''''' ||
v_contact || '''''''';
END IF;
IF trim(v_temps) <> '''' THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND list_temps ~* '''''' || v_temps
|| '''''''';
END IF;
IF v_temp_usq > 0 THEN
where_string := where_string || '' AND usq IN(SELECT order_usq FROM
assignments
WHERE candidate_usq = '' || CAST(v_temp_usq AS VARCHAR) || '')'';
END IF;
where_string := substr(where_string, 5);
EXECUTE query_string || where_string;
SELECT count(*) INTO search_count
FROM searches WHERE search_sq = search_id;
IF search_count > 0 THEN
RETURN search_id;
ELSE
RETURN 0;
END IF;
END;'
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
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