I have a function block like
DO $$
DECLARE tran_year RECORD;
BEGIN
FOR tran_year IN SELECT * FROM tbale1 loop
EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE mytable ADD CONSTRAINT unique_cons$$aaf1c86 UNIQUE (samplecol)';
END LOOP;
END $$;
in Postgres, when trying to execute this block, I face an issue saying that ERROR: syntax error at or near "aaf1c86".
I also have the need to use $$ in constraint name. Any idea of overcoming this error
As documented in the manual you can use any character sequence between the $ signs if you use the same sequence to end the string literal.
So just use something different the $$ on the outside:
DO $doblock$
DECLARE tran_year RECORD;
BEGIN
FOR tran_year IN SELECT * FROM tbale1 loop
EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE mytable ADD CONSTRAINT unique_cons$$aaf1c86 UNIQUE (samplecol)';
END LOOP;
END $doblock$;
Related
i want create event trigger for create table or select into,
eg:
when create table xxxx must table name bigen with 'temp'
my code
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_table_func()
RETURNS event_trigger
AS
$$
DECLARE
V_TABLE name := TG_TABLE_NAME;
BEGIN
if V_TABLE !~ '^temp'
then
RAISE EXCEPTION 'must bigen with temp';
end if;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql SECURITY DEFINER;
CREATE EVENT TRIGGER create_table_1 ON ddl_command_start
WHEN TAG IN ('SELECT INTO')
EXECUTE PROCEDURE create_table_func();
but when execute
select * into test11 from test_bak
[Err] ERROR: column "tg_table_name" does not exist
this is my code ,it's meet my needs
code:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION trg_create_table_func()
RETURNS event_trigger
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
DECLARE
obj record;
BEGIN
FOR obj IN SELECT * FROM pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands() WHERE command_tag in ('SELECT INTO','CREATE TABLE','CREATE TABLE AS')
LOOP
if obj.object_identity !~ 'public.temp_'
THEN
raise EXCEPTION 'The table name must begin with temp_';
end if;
END LOOP;
END;
$$;
CREATE EVENT TRIGGER trg_create_table ON ddl_command_end
WHEN TAG IN ('SELECT INTO','CREATE TABLE','CREATE TABLE AS')
EXECUTE PROCEDURE trg_create_table_func();
out recods
[Err] ERROR: The table name must begin with temp_
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function trg_create_table_func() line 10 at RAISE
it's cool ~
The special variable TG_TABLE_NAME is only supported in normal triggers, not in event triggers (there is not always an associated table!).
The documentation has a list of functions that can return context information in an event trigger.
You could use pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands() to get the information you need, but that only works in ddl_command_end event triggers. That should work for you; I don't see a reason why the trigger should not run at the end of the statement.
I need to do the same deletion or purge operation (based on several conditions) on a set of tables. For that I am trying to pass the table names in an array to a function. I am not sure if I am doing it right. Or is there a better way?
I am pasting just a sample example this is not the real function I have written but the basic is same as below:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test (tablename text[]) RETURNS int AS
$func$
BEGIN
execute 'delete * from '||tablename;
RETURN 1;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
But when I call the function I get an error:
select test( {'rajeev1'} );
ERROR: syntax error at or near "{"
LINE 10: select test( {'rajeev1'} );
^
********** Error **********
ERROR: syntax error at or near "{"
SQL state: 42601
Character: 179
Array syntax
'{rajeev1, rajeev2}' or ARRAY['rajeev1', 'rajeev2']. Read the manual.
TRUNCATE
Since you are deleting all rows from the tables, consider TRUNCATE instead. Per documentation:
Tip: TRUNCATE is a PostgreSQL extension that provides a faster
mechanism to remove all rows from a table.
Be sure to study the details. If TRUNCATE works for you, the whole operation becomes very simple, since the command accepts multiple tables:
TRUNCATE rajeev1, rajeev2, rajeev3, ..
Dynamic DELETE
Else you need dynamic SQL like you already tried. The scary missing detail: you are completely open to SQL injection and catastrophic syntax errors. Use format() with %I (not %s to sanitize identifiers like table names. Or, better yet in this particular case, use an array of regclass as parameter instead:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_del_all(_tbls regclass)
RETURNS void AS
$func$
DECLARE
_tbl regclass;
BEGIN
FOREACH _tbl IN ARRAY _tbls LOOP
EXECUTE format('DELETE * FROM %s', _tbl);
END LOOP;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Call:
SELECT f_del_all('{rajeev1,rajeev2,rajeev3}');
Explanation here:
Table name as a PostgreSQL function parameter
You used wrong syntax for text array constant in the function call. But even if it was right, your function is not correct.
If your function has text array as argument you should loop over the array to execute query for each element.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test (tablenames text[]) RETURNS int AS
$func$
DECLARE
tablename text;
BEGIN
FOREACH tablename IN ARRAY tablenames LOOP
EXECUTE FORMAT('delete * from %s', tablename);
END LOOP;
RETURN 1;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
You can then call the function for several tables at once, not only for one.
SELECT test( '{rajeev1, rajeev2}' );
If you do not need this feature, simply change the argument type to text.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test (tablename text) RETURNS int AS
$func$
BEGIN
EXECUTE format('delete * from %s', tablename);
RETURN 1;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
SELECT test('rajeev1');
I recommend using the format function.
If you want to execute a function (say purge_this_one_table(tablename)) on a group of tables identified by similar names you can use this construction:
create or replace function purge_all_these_tables(mask text)
returns void language plpgsql
as $$
declare
tabname text;
begin
for tabname in
select relname
from pg_class
where relkind = 'r' and relname like mask
loop
execute format(
'purge_this_one_table(%s)',
tabname);
end loop;
end $$;
select purge_all_these_tables('agg_weekly_%');
It should be:
select test('{rajeev1}');
I am adjusting some PL/pgSQL code so my refcursor can take the table name as parameter. Therefore I changed the following line:
declare
pointCurs CURSOR FOR SELECT * from tableName for update;
with this one:
OPEN pointCurs FOR execute 'SELECT * FROM ' || quote_ident(tableName) for update;
I adjusted the loop, and voilà, the loop went through. Now at some point in the loop I needed to update the record (pointed by the cursor) and I got stuck. How should I properly adjust the following line of code?
UPDATE tableName set tp_id = pos where current of pointCurs;
I fixed the quotes for the tableName and pos and added the EXECUTE clause at the beginning, but I get the error on the where current of pointCurs.
Questions:
How can I update the record?
The function was working properly for tables from the public schema and failed for tables from other schemas (e.g., trace.myname).
Any comments are highly appreciated..
Answer for (i)
1. Explicit (unbound) cursor
EXECUTE is not a "clause", but a PL/pgSQL command to execute SQL strings. Cursors are not visible inside the command. You need to pass values to it.
Hence, you cannot use the special syntax WHERE CURRENT OFcursor. I use the system column ctid instead to determine the row without knowing the name of a unique column. Note that ctid is only guaranteed to be stable within the same transaction.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_curs1(_tbl text)
RETURNS void AS
$func$
DECLARE
_curs refcursor;
rec record;
BEGIN
OPEN _curs FOR EXECUTE 'SELECT * FROM ' || quote_ident(_tbl) FOR UPDATE;
LOOP
FETCH NEXT FROM _curs INTO rec;
EXIT WHEN rec IS NULL;
RAISE NOTICE '%', rec.tbl_id;
EXECUTE format('UPDATE %I SET tbl_id = tbl_id + 10 WHERE ctid = $1', _tbl)
USING rec.ctid;
END LOOP;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Why format() with %I?
There is also a variant of the FOR statement to loop through cursors, but it only works for bound cursors. We have to use an unbound cursor here.
2. Implicit cursor in FOR loop
There is normally no need for explicit cursors in plpgsql. Use the implicit cursor of a FOR loop instead:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_curs2(_tbl text)
RETURNS void AS
$func$
DECLARE
_ctid tid;
BEGIN
FOR _ctid IN EXECUTE 'SELECT ctid FROM ' || quote_ident(_tbl) FOR UPDATE
LOOP
EXECUTE format('UPDATE %I SET tbl_id = tbl_id + 100 WHERE ctid = $1', _tbl)
USING _ctid;
END LOOP;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
3. Set based approach
Or better, yet (if possible!): Rethink your problem in terms of set-based operations and execute a single (dynamic) SQL command:
-- Set-base dynamic SQL
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_nocurs(_tbl text)
RETURNS void AS
$func$
BEGIN
EXECUTE format('UPDATE %I SET tbl_id = tbl_id + 1000', _tbl);
-- add WHERE clause as needed
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
SQL Fiddle demonstrating all 3 variants.
Answer for (ii)
A schema-qualified table name like trace.myname actually consists of two identifiers. You have to
either pass and escape them separately,
or go with the more elegant approach of using a regclass type:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_nocurs(_tbl regclass)
RETURNS void AS
$func$
BEGIN
EXECUTE format('UPDATE %s SET tbl_id = tbl_id + 1000', _tbl);
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
I switched from %I to %s, because the regclass parameter is automatically properly escaped when (automatically) converted to text.
More details in this related answer:
Table name as a PostgreSQL function parameter
I'm trying to create a function to get a field value from multiple tables in my database. I made script like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_all_changes() RETURNS SETOF RECORD AS
$$
DECLARE
tblname VARCHAR;
tblrow RECORD;
row RECORD;
BEGIN
FOR tblrow IN SELECT tablename FROM pg_catalog.pg_tables WHERE schemaname='public' LOOP /*FOREACH tblname IN ARRAY $1 LOOP*/
RAISE NOTICE 'r: %', tblrow.tablename;
FOR row IN SELECT MAX("lastUpdate") FROM tblrow.tablename LOOP
RETURN NEXT row;
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
END
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' ;
SELECT get_all_changes();
But it is not working, everytime it shows this error
tblrow.tablename" not defined in line "FOR row IN SELECT MAX("lastUpdate") FROM tblrow.tablename LOOP"
Your inner FOR loop must use the FOR...EXECUTE syntax as shown in the manual:
FOR target IN EXECUTE text_expression [ USING expression [, ... ] ] LOOP
statements
END LOOP [ label ];
In your case something along this line:
FOR row IN EXECUTE 'SELECT MAX("lastUpdate") FROM ' || quote_ident(tblrow.tablename) LOOP
RETURN NEXT row;
END LOOP
The reason for this is explained in the manual somewhere else:
Oftentimes you will want to generate dynamic commands inside your PL/pgSQL functions, that is, commands that will involve different tables or different data types each time they are executed. PL/pgSQL's normal attempts to cache plans for commands (as discussed in Section 39.10.2) will not work in such scenarios. To handle this sort of problem, the EXECUTE statement is provided[...]
Answer to your new question (mislabeled as answer):
This can be much simpler. You do not need to create a table just do define a record type.
If at all, you would better create a type with CREATE TYPE, but that's only efficient if you need the type in multiple places. For just a single function, you can use RETURNS TABLE instead :
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_all_changes(text[])
RETURNS TABLE (tablename text
,"lastUpdate" timestamp with time zone
,nums integer) AS
$func$
DECLARE
tblname text;
BEGIN
FOREACH tblname IN ARRAY $1 LOOP
RETURN QUERY EXECUTE format(
$f$SELECT '%I', MAX("lastUpdate"), COUNT(*)::int FROM %1$I
$f$, tblname)
END LOOP;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
A couple more points:
Use RETURN QUERY EXECUTE instead of the nested loop. Much simpler and faster.
Column aliases would only serve as documentation, those names are discarded in favor of the names declared in the RETURNS clause (directly or indirectly).
Use format() with %I to replace the concatenation with quote_ident() and %1$I to refer to the same parameter another time.
count() usually returns type bigint. Cast the integer, since you defined the column in the return type as such: count(*)::int.
Thanks,
I finally made my script like:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS __rsdb_changes (tablename text,"lastUpdate" timestamp with time zone, nums bigint);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_all_changes(varchar[]) RETURNS SETOF __rsdb_changes AS /*TABLE (tablename varchar(40),"lastUpdate" timestamp with time zone, nums integer)*/
$$
DECLARE
tblname VARCHAR;
tblrow RECORD;
row RECORD;
BEGIN
FOREACH tblname IN ARRAY $1 LOOP
/*RAISE NOTICE 'r: %', tblrow.tablename;*/
FOR row IN EXECUTE 'SELECT CONCAT('''|| quote_ident(tblname) ||''') AS tablename, MAX("lastUpdate") AS "lastUpdate",COUNT(*) AS nums FROM ' || quote_ident(tblname) LOOP
/*RAISE NOTICE 'row.tablename: %',row.tablename;*/
/*RAISE NOTICE 'row.lastUpdate: %',row."lastUpdate";*/
/*RAISE NOTICE 'row.nums: %',row.nums;*/
RETURN NEXT row;
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
RETURN;
END
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' ;
Well, it works. But it seems I can only create a table to define the return structure instead of just RETURNS SETOF RECORD. Am I right?
Thanks again.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION dummytest_insert_trigger()
RETURNS trigger AS
$BODY$
DECLARE
v_partition_name VARCHAR(32);
BEGIN
IF NEW.datetime IS NOT NULL THEN
v_partition_name := 'dummyTest';
EXECUTE format('INSERT INTO %I VALUES ($1,$2)',v_partition_name)using NEW.id,NEW.datetime;
END IF;
RETURN NULL;
END;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
COST 100;
ALTER FUNCTION dummytest_insert_trigger()
OWNER TO postgres;
I'm trying to insert using
insert into dummyTest values(1,'2013-01-01 00:00:00+05:30');
But it's showing error as
ERROR: function format(unknown) does not exist
SQL state: 42883
Hint: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.
Context: PL/pgSQL function "dummytest_insert_trigger" line 8 at EXECUTE statement
I'm unable get the error.
Your function could look like this in Postgres 9.0 or later:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION dummytest_insert_trigger()
RETURNS trigger AS
$func$
DECLARE
v_partition_name text := quote_ident('dummyTest'); -- assign at declaration
BEGIN
IF NEW.datetime IS NOT NULL THEN
EXECUTE
'INSERT INTO ' || v_partition_name || ' VALUES ($1,$2)'
USING NEW.id, NEW.datetime;
END IF;
RETURN NULL; -- You sure about this?
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
About RETURN NULL:
To ignore result in BEFORE TRIGGER of PostgreSQL?
I would advice not to use mixed case identifiers. With format( .. %I ..) or quote_ident(), you'd get a table named "dummyTest", which you'll have to double quote for the rest of its existence. Related:
Are PostgreSQL column names case-sensitive?
Use lower case instead:
quote_ident('dummytest')
There is really no point in using dynamic SQL with EXECUTE as long as you have a static table name. But that's probably just the simplified example?
You need explicit cast to text:
EXECUTE format('INSERT INTO %I VALUES ($1,$2)'::text ,v_partition_name) using NEW.id,NEW.datetime;