Paul Lambert wrote:
I've got a function defined in PL/PgSQL to update some fields in a
record where the criteria for pulling out some other values from a table
is dynamic.
I define a string called account_criteria to which I assign a normal SQL
WHERE clause based on some work done earlier in the function. I then
need to pull out some values from a table based on that where clause so
I'm doing something like:
SELECT amt_ytd INTO yesterday_amt_ytd FROM finbalance WHERE
account_criteria;
Which returns the following:
ERROR: argument of WHERE must be type boolean, not type text
SQL state: 42804
Context: SQL statement "SELECT amt_ytd FROM finbalance WHERE $1 "
PL/pgSQL function "fn_update_daily_balance" line 27 at SQL statement
I assume I would need something like EXECUTE to do this... but SELECT
INTO is not supported in EXECUTE so I have a bit of a conundrum. :(
Can anyone offer some suggestion(s) on how can I make my function
behave? Non-violent suggestions would be preferable.
Ignore this - I didn't notice execute <blah> into <variable> - I've just
re-read the manual and worked it out.
Thanks.
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Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
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