Using array in dynamic commands inside PL/pgSQL function - postgresql

Question

In a PL/pgSQL function, I am creating a view using the EXECUTE statement. The where clause in the view takes as input some jenkins job names. These job names are passed to the function as a comma-separated string. They are then converted to an array so that they can be used as argument to ANY in the where clause. See basic code below:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION FETCH_ALL_TIME_AGGR_KPIS(jobs VARCHAR)
RETURNS SETOF GenericKPI AS $$
DECLARE
job_names TEXT[];
BEGIN
job_names = string_to_array(jobs,',');
EXECUTE 'CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW dynamicView AS ' ||
'with pipeline_aggregated_kpis AS (
select
jenkins_build_parent_id,
sum (duration) as duration
from test_all_finished_job_builds_enhanced_view where job_name = ANY (' || array(select quote_ident(unnest(job_names))) || ') and jenkins_build_parent_id is not null
group by jenkins_build_parent_id)
select ' || quote_ident('pipeline-job') || ' as job_name, b1.jenkins_build_id, pipeline_aggregated_kpis.status, pipeline_aggregated_kpis.duration FROM job_builds_enhanced_view b1 INNER JOIN pipeline_aggregated_kpis ON (pipeline_aggregated_kpis.jenkins_build_parent_id = b1.jenkins_build_id)';
RETURN QUERY (select
count(*) as total_executions,
round(avg (duration) FILTER (WHERE status = 'SUCCESS')::numeric,2) as average_duration
from dynamicView);
END
$$
LANGUAGE plpgsql;
The creation of the function is successful but an error message is returned when I try to call the function. See below:
eea_ci_db=> select * from FETCH_ALL_TIME_AGGR_KPIS('integration,test');
ERROR: malformed array literal: ") and jenkins_build_parent_id is not null
group by jenkins_build_parent_id)
select "
LINE 7: ...| array(select quote_ident(unnest(job_names))) || ') and jen...
^
DETAIL: Array value must start with "{" or dimension information.
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function fetch_all_time_aggr_kpis(character varying) line 8 at EXECUTE
It seems like there is something going wrong with quotes & the passing of an array of string. I tried all following options with the same result:
where job_name = ANY (' || array(select quote_ident(unnest(job_names))) || ') and jenkins_build_parent_id is not null
or
where job_name = ANY (' || quote_ident(job_names)) || ') and jenkins_build_parent_id is not null
or
where job_name = ANY (' || job_names || ') and jenkins_build_parent_id is not null
Any ideas?
Thank you

Answer 1

There is no need for dynamic SQL at all. There isn't even the need for PL/pgSQL to do this:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION FETCH_ALL_TIME_AGGR_KPIS(jobs VARCHAR)
RETURNS SETOF GenericKPI
AS
$$
with pipeline_aggregated_kpis AS (
select jenkins_build_parent_id,
sum (duration) as duration
from test_all_finished_job_builds_enhanced_view
where job_name = ANY (string_to_array(jobs,','))
and jenkins_build_parent_id is not null
group by jenkins_build_parent_id
), dynamic_view as (
select "pipeline-job" as job_name,
b1.jenkins_build_id,
pipeline_aggregated_kpis.status,
pipeline_aggregated_kpis.duration
FROM job_builds_enhanced_view b1
JOIN pipeline_aggregated_kpis
ON pipeline_aggregated_kpis.jenkins_build_parent_id = b1.jenkins_build_id
)
select count(*) as total_executions,
round(avg (duration) FILTER (WHERE status = 'SUCCESS')::numeric,2) as average_duration
from dynamic_view;
$$
language sql;
You could do this with PL/pgSQL as well, you just need to use RETURN QUERY WITH ....