In response to Nacef LABIDI : > Hi all, > > I want to write a function that takes as param a comma separated values string > and perform a select matching these values. > > Here is the string '1,3,7,8' > > And I wan to perform a : SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE id IN (1, 3, 7, 8);
Use EXECUTE sql_string, see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/plpgsql-control-structures.html For instance, simple example, untested: create function foo (my_string) returns setof record as $$ declare sql text; begin sql:='SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE id IN (' || $1 || ')'; return query execute sql; end; The variable sql contains the whole query, and then execute that. HTH, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
