Re: Dynamically create scheme

I think you need to create a string variable on the function and use
EXECUTE.

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Mick van der Most van Spijk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing an installscript and I would like to create a schema
> dynamically, based on a new input.
>
> -- this is the trigger that calls the install script
> CREATE TRIGGER tr_install_account AFTER INSERT
>  ON accounts FOR EACH ROW
>  EXECUTE PROCEDURE install();
>
> -- the install script
> 1 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION install() RETURNS TRIGGER
> 2 AS '
> 3  BEGIN
> 4   INSERT INTO bedrijven (kvk, account) VALUES (''00000000'', NEW.account);
> 5   INSERT INTO settings (account, logo) VALUES (NEW.account, '''');
>
> 6   CREATE SCHEMA NEW.account;
> 7   RETURN NEW;
> 8  END;
> 9 ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> It goes wrong at line 9. I want to create a schema based on the accountname
> supplied. But i cant get it to work. Does anybody know how i get it to work
> or what reference i must read?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mick vd Most v Spijk
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