Re: SOME PL/PGSQL PROBLEMS

You blame something should not be blamed.

Jie LIANG

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, datactrl wrote:

> I found there are some problems with PL/pgSQL.
> 1) 'Drop Table' doesn't work at all
In general, PLSQL can only take DML instead of DDL.

> 2) '--' comment causes parsing error
Not true.
> 3) Execute doesn't work at all. It always causes parsing error!
I havn't tested, I cannot say.
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> Some questions
> 1) Can I use variable in FROM clause for a table name?
No, table name cannot be a variable except in execute statement.
> 2) Can I use variable in WHERE such as xxx = variable?
Same as 1).
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> JACK
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