Re: COPY with a variable path

Raymond O'Donnell wrote:

On 27/11/2008 20:52, Bill Todd wrote:
 

Substituting the input parameter for the literal path does not work and
neither does using PREPARE/EXECUTE. How can I pass the file path as a
parameter?   

You could write a pl/pgsql function which constructs the query as a
string and then runs it with EXECUTE.

Ray.


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According to the PostgreSQL help file EXECUTE is used to execute a prepared statement. I tried that but when I call PREPARE with COPY as the statement I get an error. Are you saying that I can also use EXECUTE as

EXECUTE AStringVariable;

where AStringVariable contains a valid SQL statement? If so, that is the solution.

Bill