Re: Create user or role from inside a function?

thanks!

I actually came to a similar solution after Roman's post.

Thanks all for the replies!

> Dan <ml(at)mutox(dot)org> schrieb:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I am running PostgreSQL 8.1.4 and I want to create a user from inside a
>> function. Is this possible in 8.1?
>>
>> Ive found quite a few references on google using EXECUTE, but this seems
>> relevant to earlier versions, not 8.1.
>>
>> I have a function like this:
>>
>> CREATE FUNCTION user_create (un varchar, uid bigint, pw varchar) RETURNS
>> VARCHAR LANGUAGE plpgsql AS '
>> BEGIN
>> EXECUTE "CREATE USER " || un || " WITH PASSWORD " || pw;
>>
>> RETURN un;
>> END
>> ';
>
> This works:
>
>
> CREATE or replace function user_create (un varchar, uid bigint, pw
> varchar) RETURNS VARCHAR AS $$
> BEGIN
> EXECUTE 'create user ' || un || ' with password ' ||
> quote_literal(pw);
> return $1;
> end;
> $$ language plpgsql;
>
>
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