Re: How can i pass variable in dblink_connect_u ?

On 2/1/22 05:42, aditya desai wrote:
> Hi All,
> how can I pass variables in dblink_connect_u ?
> 
> Current code hardcoded DB name:
> perform * from dblink_connect_u('myconn','dbname=mydb');
> 
> Expected:
> databasename=current_database();
> perform * from dblink_connect_u('myconn','dbname=databasename');
> 
> databasename is getting considered as text.

Correct, it is a string literal. So just create the string literal using 
string manipulation functionality -- e.g.:

SELECT
  dblink_connect_u('myconn','dbname=' ||
  current_database());
  dblink_connect_u
------------------
  OK
(1 row)

HTH,

Joe

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