Re: Linked List

> The pgsql function is compiled and wouldn't know how to handle a table 
>name as a variable.

> If you rewrite the SQL to use the 'EXECUTE' statement I think you could 
>do this, something along the lines of (untested):

> EXECUTE ''INSERT INTO '' || quote_ident(tmplist) || '' (SELECT * FROM 
>links WHERE p=x)'';

Thanks. Yet, if I give the table name as the argument, I get the same 
error.

drop function traverse(integer, text);
create or replace function traverse (integer, text)
returns integer as
$$  declare    x int;    tname alias for $2;  begin    x := $1;    while x is not null loop      select n into x from
linkswhere p = x;      insert into tmplink (select * from links where p=x);      EXECUTE ''INSERT INTO '' ||
quote_ident(tname)|| '' (SELECT * FROM    links WHERE  p=x)'';    end loop;    return 1 ;  end;
 
$$
language plpgsql;

The above gives the following error. Please note that the first and 
second args are mixed up now. I tested it only on 8.0 (FC 4) and didn't on 
8.1 and wonder whether it's a bug or I may be doing something wrong.

Using tname or $2 doesn't change the result.

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# select traverse(0, 'links2');
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "INSERT" at character 11
QUERY:  SELECT  ''INSERT INTO '' || quote_ident( $1 ) || '' (SELECT * FROM 
links WHERE p= $2 )''
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "traverse" line 10 at execute statement
LINE 1: SELECT  ''INSERT INTO '' || quote_ident( $1 ) || '' (SELECT ...

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Regards,

Ben K.
Developer
http://benix.tamu.edu