Re: Need help on SP

> I want to store count(*) of a table in a variable ,
> for that I have declared a variable and wrote a
> statment but it is giving me error.
> can anybody please help me..
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foreign_keys_tables(OUT
> par_result charecter varying, IN par_tablename
> character varying , IN par_clomnname,IN par_colvalue
> integer) AS
> $BODY$)
> DECALRE

This is obviously a typo, as has been pointed out.

> countno integer;
> BEGIN
> Select count(*) into countno from par_tablename where
> par_columnname=par_colvalue;

You cannot use a variable as tablename in static SQL.
You will have to use dynamic SQL (EXECUTE '...') for that.

> if countno>0 then
> par_result='yes'
> else
> par_result='No'
> end if
>
> END;
> $BODY$
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

Yours,
Laurenz Albe