Re: SQL For smarties

Try:

execute ''create table '' || $1 || ''_tree (....)'';
(That's doubled single quotes)

--- Graham Vickrage <graham@digitalplanit.com> wrote:
> I am trying to create tables from within a funtion
> i.e.
> 
> create function _tree_create(text) retuns int as '
> begin;
> create table $1_tree (....);
> return 1;
> end;
> ...
> 
> select _tree_create('item');
> 
> An error message refering to $1 gets thrown up. Is
> this not possible to do
> or is there another way of doing it?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Graham
> 
> 
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