How to use a Function Parameter in a Cursor that's incorporated with Dynamic SQL in Postgres Functions? - postgresql

Question

Created this Postgres Function which is working fine, but the actual requirement is to pass the input parameter in the function to the Cursor which uses the dynamic SQL as follows,
The below is the Function
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ssp2_pcat.find_shift_dates (date_to_find date)
RETURNS void
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
COST 100
VOLATILE
AS $BODY$
DECLARE
C1 CURSOR FOR
SELECT TABLE_NAME, 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' || TABLE_NAME || ' WHERE ' ||
COLUMN_NAME || ' = '||
'CASE WHEN ' || COLUMN_NAME || ' LIKE ' || '''%START%'''||' THEN
date_to_find ELSE date_to_find-1 END;' SQL_TEXT
FROM (
SELECT TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME IN (SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM RESET_DATES WHERE RESET_IT =
'Y') AND
UPPER(DATA_TYPE) = 'DATE'
AND (COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%START%' OR COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%END%')
AND (COLUMN_NAME NOT LIKE '%TEST%'
AND COLUMN_NAME NOT LIKE '%PCAT%'
AND COLUMN_NAME NOT LIKE '%ORDER%'
AND COLUMN_NAME NOT LIKE '%SEASON%'
AND COLUMN_NAME NOT LIKE '%_AT')
ORDER BY 1, 2) A;
END_COUNT INTEGER := 0;
START_COUNT INTEGER := 0;
TABLENAME VARCHAR(32) := 'ALFU';
l_start TIMESTAMP;
l_end TIMESTAMP;
Time_Taken VARCHAR(20);
BEGIN
l_start := clock_timestamp();
DELETE FROM SHIFT_DATES_COUNT;
FOR I IN C1 LOOP
IF I.TABLE_NAME <> TABLENAME THEN
INSERT INTO SHIFT_DATES_COUNT VALUES (TABLENAME, START_COUNT,
END_COUNT, current_timestamp::timestamp(0));
TABLENAME := I.TABLE_NAME;
END_COUNT := 0;
START_COUNT := 0;
END IF;
IF STRPOS(I.SQL_TEXT, 'END') > 0 THEN
EXECUTE I.SQL_TEXT INTO END_COUNT;
RAISE NOTICE '% ', ('END: ' || I.SQL_TEXT);
ELSE
EXECUTE I.SQL_TEXT INTO START_COUNT;
RAISE NOTICE '% ', ('START: ' || I.SQL_TEXT);
END IF;
END LOOP;
INSERT INTO SHIFT_DATES_COUNT VALUES (TABLENAME, START_COUNT, END_COUNT,
current_timestamp::timestamp(0));
RAISE NOTICE '% ', ('INSERT INTO SHIFT_DATES_COUNT Done...');
l_end := clock_timestamp();
Time_Taken := (l_end-l_start);
RAISE NOTICE '% ', ('FIND_SHIFT_DATES Took: ' || Time_Taken );
END;
$BODY$;
Please let me know how can I use the date_to_find input parameter in the Dynamic SQL in the Cursor in the above Function.

Answer 1

You can use unbound cursor, clause fetch to get data from cursor, and exit when not found to finish, like:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION example (p_name text) RETURNS void LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' AS $$
DECLARE
C1 refcursor;
res record;
BEGIN
OPEN c1 FOR EXECUTE 'SELECT * FROM pg_database WHERE datname like ''%'||p_name||'%''';
LOOP
FETCH c1 INTO res;
EXIT WHEN not found;
raise notice 'value datname: %',res.datname;
END LOOP;
CLOSE c1;
RETURN;
END; $$;
--in my case
select example ('test')
NOTICE: value datname: test
NOTICE: value datname: test_msmov
NOTICE: value datname: test_resources
NOTICE: value datname: test_load_table
NOTICE: value datname: test_resources2
Total query runtime: 63 msec
1 row retrieved.

Answer 2

You can use EXECUTE clause for open cursor, see the documentation of PostgreSQL
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/plpgsql-cursors.html#PLPGSQL-CURSOR-OPENING
Example:
OPEN curs1 FOR EXECUTE format('SELECT * FROM %I WHERE col1 = $1',tabname) USING keyvalue;