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Hi List;

I've created a plperlu (perl untrusted) function with the ability to use
dbi. I can use the code listing below to return data if I specify the
query as follows:

select * from sybase_get2() as (f1 varchar(100), f2 varchar(100));

However, I have to specify the column names as f1 and f2.
I want to turn this into a generic solution where I can eventually pass in
the SQL. For now I just want to be able to specify any column names I want
in the "as" part of the above query.

Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help...

########### Code Listing Start ###########
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION sybase_get2()
RETURNS SETOF record
AS $$
use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Sybase:server=CXS100", 'pguser1', 'pg70093' );

if (!$dbh) {
return;
}

my $qry = $dbh->prepare("select parent_id, Parent_key from
csx1db.dbo.parentkeys");

$qry->execute();

while ( @data = $qry->fetchrow_array() ) {
return_next ({f1=>$data[0], f2=>$data[1]});
}

return ;
$$ LANGUAGE plperlu

########### Code Listing End ###########

LLC wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> I've created a plperlu (perl untrusted) function with the ability to use
> dbi. I can use the code listing below to return data if I specify the
> query as follows:
>
> select * from sybase_get2() as (f1 varchar(100), f2 varchar(100));
>
> However, I have to specify the column names as f1 and f2.
> I want to turn this into a generic solution where I can eventually pass in
> the SQL. For now I just want to be able to specify any column names I want
> in the "as" part of the above query.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
>
Use a type to define the output columns, then you can call the function
like this:

select * from sybase_get2()

not need to us AS

See the examples on this page on how to use a type with a plperl function:

http://www.commandprompt.com/community/pgdocs81/plperl-database

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