Temat: function for search string in all table of a particular schema ? (post
Hi ,
i want to create a function postgresql, that can able to search a string from all tables.
I try as below.... please rectify this
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION search_string(str char(50))
returnS character varying AS
$BODY$
DECLARE
tempCount bigint ;
record_v record;
itemid_v bigint ;
query varchar;
return_v character varying := null;
BEGIN
for record_v in (select table_name ,column_name
from information_schema.columns and data_type in ('character','character varying','text')) loop
query := 'select count(*) from '|| record_v.table_name ||' where ' || record_v.column_name || ' like ''%' || str ||'%''' ;
execute query into tempcount;
if (tempCount >0) then
return 'l';
else
return '2572';
end if;
end loop;
END;
$BODY$ LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
COST 100;
in output i need all tables in which string exists :
like table_name count_of_string_match