dynamic views

[sferriol]

hello
is it possible with postgres 7.2 or more, to define a dynamic view.
For example, i have a table with a column 'user'
and i want to define a view which gives infomrations from different
tables but the user has to specifie the 'user' parameter when using a
select to the view

sylvain
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[Richard Huxton]

On Tuesday 24 February 2004 16:29, sferriol wrote:

hello
is it possible with postgres 7.2 or more, to define a dynamic view.
For example, i have a table with a column 'user'
and i want to define a view which gives infomrations from different
tables but the user has to specifie the 'user' parameter when using a
select to the view

You can have a view something like:

SELECT * FROM personal_info WHERE owner = CURRENT_USER;

There are some other vars/functions too SESSION_USER and current_database()
etc.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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[Peter Alberer]

Hi sylvain,

i think what you need is a so-called "set-returning-function":

if you just need sql (example with a table called user_data):

create or replace function user_info(integer)
returns setof user_data as '
select * from user_data where user_id = $1;
' language 'sql';

if you need plpgsql:

create or replace function user_info(integer)
returns setof user_data as '
declare
p_user_id alias for $1;
v_row record;
begin
for v_row in select * from user_data where user_id = p_user_id
loop
-- business logic here, eg. Some if-statements or
sub-queries
-- write a row to the result set
return next v_row;
end loop;

return;

' language 'plpgsql';

if you want to return rows that do not come from one single table you
will probably need to create a type:

create type user_data as (
user_id integer,
username varchar
);

you can then use that type in the "returns setof TYPE" clause of the
function.

Hope that helps. You should search for info about set-returning
functions for more details.

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hello
is it possible with postgres 7.2 or more, to define a dynamic view.
For example, i have a table with a column 'user'
and i want to define a view which gives infomrations from different
tables but the user has to specifie the 'user' parameter when using a
select to the view

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[Peter Alberer]

Sorry i forgot to mention:

-that you need pg 7.3 for the set-returning function feature.

-how to select from the function:

select * from _YOUR_FUNCTION(PARAMETER);

and NOT:

select _YOUR_FUNCTION(PARAMETER);

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hello
is it possible with postgres 7.2 or more, to define a dynamic view.
For example, i have a table with a column 'user'
and i want to define a view which gives infomrations from different
tables but the user has to specifie the 'user' parameter when using a
select to the view

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