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Passing tablename as argument into function

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Create or replace function Test(strTable in text) return bigint as
$$
declare
intSum bigint;
begin
intSum:=(Select sum(salary) from strTable);
return intSum;
end;
$$
language plpgsql;

select Test('Employee');

I want to pass Table name as a argument into function and execute select statement on this table
I run this function error is occure
Aug 26 '08 #1
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  1. Select sum(salary) from strTable
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to do that you have to put execute clause (it is a dynamic query).
Aug 26 '08 #2

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