Postgres set working schema from inside of function - sql

I am facing a problem I have a function which used to create schema and tables inside that schema after table creation I am calling a function which supposed to populate this schema however feels like the second function doesn't set the working schema and throws the error that object doesn't exits (
ERROR: relation "table" does not exist
LINE 1: INSERT INTO table
here is what the function looks like.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_schema(
t_shema character varying,
t_country TEXT
)
RETURNS character varying
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
COST 100
VOLATILE PARALLEL UNSAFE
AS $BODY$
DECLARE
tname text := t_shema;
tschem_name text := tname||'_work';
tsql_dyn text ;
tschema_check numeric := 0 ;
BEGIN
SELECT 1
INTO TSCHEMA_CHECK
FROM PG_NAMESPACE
WHERE NSPNAME = TSCHEM_NAME;
IF TSCHEMA_CHECK = 1 THEN
RETURN 'Schema '||tschem_name ||' Already exists';
ELSE
tsql_dyn := 'CREATE SCHEMA '||tschem_name||';';
raise notice 'EXECUTE %', tsql_dyn;
EXECUTE tsql_dyn;
tsql_dyn := 'SET search_path TO '||tschem_name ||';';
raise notice 'EXECUTE %', tsql_dyn;
EXECUTE tsql_dyn;
--other DDLs
---execute of function which populates freshly created schema
SELECT public.populate_empty_schema(tname, t_country);
RETURN tname ||' created';
END IF;
END;
$BODY$;
The second function also has a statement as first which sets the working schema.
Both functions work fine if get called separately, trows error only if second get called from the first

Your function is vulnerable to SQL injection.
Instead of
tsql_dyn := 'CREATE SCHEMA '||tschem_name||';';
write
tsql_dyn := format('CREATE SCHEMA %I', tschem_name);
To set the search_path in populate_empty_schema, pass the schema name to the function and have it execute
PERFORM set_config('search_path', v_schema, TRUE);

feels like Postgres cannot set working schema from the second function, my solution. was just deleting the set search path from the second function and it is working. feels like it couldn't set it as shcema is not committed at the point when the 2-nd function gets called.

Related

Generated string to SQL request in snowflake

I am actually trying to find a solution for my issue. The problem is this one :
A function generate a string, this string is a SQL request, and I want to use snowflake to "read" and execute this SQL request.
Do you have a solution for this kind of problem please ?
I still continue to try to find a solution if I find it I will put it here.
Here is my problem with more information about it.
create or replace function var_test(arg1 varchar)
returns varchar as
$$
'CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ENV_EUT.EUT.TABLE_TEST_ALEXIS_' || arg1 || '(a varchar);'
$$
;
SELECT var_test('3') AS num_table;
With this request, i get back a table with 1 column and a value in this column :
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ENV_EUT.EUT.TABLE_TEST_ALEXIS_3(a varchar);
My problem now is I don't succeed to execute the string in this table. Do you see a way to do this please ? Best regards
Thank you all
Check out Snowflake Scripting.
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/snowflake-scripting/index.html
You can declare a statement as a variable and execute it.
See also: execute immediate
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/execute-immediate.html
-- very simple sproc
create or replace procedure myprocedure(arg1 string)
returns varchar
language sql
as
$$
-- declare variables
declare
smt string;
begin
-- construct statement
smt := 'CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE TEST_ALEXIS_' || arg1 || ' (a varchar)';
-- execute statement
execute immediate smt;
-- message to return on success
return 'Successfully executed statement: ' || smt;
-- message to return on exception
exception
when statement_error then
return object_construct('Error type', 'STATEMENT_ERROR',
'SQLCODE', sqlcode,
'SQLERRM', sqlerrm,
'SQLSTATE', sqlstate);
end;
$$
;
-- call sproc to create table
call myprocedure('TEST');

Truncate if exists in psql function and call function

I have the following code to create a function that truncates all rows from the table web_channel2 if the table is not empty:
create or replace function truncate_if_exists(tablename text)
returns void language plpgsql as $$
begin
select
from information_schema.tables
where table_name = tablename;
if found then
execute format('truncate %I', tablename);
end if;
end $$;
Unfortunately I don't know how should I continue ...
How to execute the function?
TLDR
To execute a Postgres function (returning void), call it with SELECT:
SELECT truncate_if_exists('web_channel2');
Proper solution
... how should I continue?
Delete the function again.
DROP FUNCTION truncate_if_exists(text);
It does not offer any way to schema-qualify the table. Using it might truncate the wrong table ...
Looks like you are trying to avoid an exception if the table is not there.
And you only want to truncate ...
if the table is not empty
To that end, I might use a safe function like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.truncate_if_exists(_table text, _schema text DEFAULT NULL)
RETURNS text
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS
$func$
DECLARE
_qual_tbl text := concat_ws('.', quote_ident(_schema), quote_ident(_table));
_row_found bool;
BEGIN
IF to_regclass(_qual_tbl) IS NOT NULL THEN -- table exists
EXECUTE 'SELECT EXISTS (SELECT FROM ' || _qual_tbl || ')'
INTO _row_found;
IF _row_found THEN -- table is not empty
EXECUTE 'TRUNCATE ' || _qual_tbl;
RETURN 'Table truncated: ' || _qual_tbl;
ELSE -- optional!
RETURN 'Table exists but is empty: ' || _qual_tbl;
END IF;
ELSE -- optional!
RETURN 'Table not found: ' || _qual_tbl;
END IF;
END
$func$;
To execute, call it with SELECT:
SELECT truncate_if_exists('web_channel2');
If no schema is provided, the function falls back to traversing the search_path - like your original did. If that's unreliable, or generally, to be safe (which seems prudent when truncating tables!) provide the schema explicitly:
SELECT truncate_if_exists('web_channel2', 'my_schema');
db<>fiddle here
When providing identifiers as strings, you need to use exact capitalization.
Why the custom variable _row_found instead of FOUND? See:
Dynamic SQL (EXECUTE) as condition for IF statement
Basics:
Table name as a PostgreSQL function parameter
How to check if a table exists in a given schema
PL/pgSQL checking if a row exists
How does the search_path influence identifier resolution and the "current schema"
Are PostgreSQL column names case-sensitive?

Access dynamic column name of row type in trigger function

I am trying to create a dynamic function to use for setting up triggers.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION device_bid_modifiers_count_per()
RETURNS TRIGGER AS
$$
DECLARE
devices_count INTEGER;
table_name regclass := TG_ARGV[0];
column_name VARCHAR := TG_ARGV[1];
BEGIN
LOCK TABLE device_types IN EXCLUSIVE MODE;
EXECUTE format('LOCK TABLE %s IN EXCLUSIVE MODE', table_name);
SELECT INTO devices_count device_types_count();
IF TG_OP = 'DELETE' THEN
SELECT format(
'PERFORM validate_bid_modifiers_count(%s, %s, OLD.%s, %s)',
table_name,
column_name,
column_name,
devices_count
);
ELSE
SELECT format(
'PERFORM validate_bid_modifiers_count(%s, %s, NEW.%s, %s)',
table_name,
column_name,
column_name,
devices_count
);
END IF;
RETURN NEW;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
My issue is with the execution of the dynamic function validate_bid_modifiers_count(). Currently it throws:
ERROR: query has no destination for result data
HINT: If you want to discard the results of a SELECT, use PERFORM instead.
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function device_bid_modifiers_count_per() line 21 at SQL statement
I can't really wrap my head around this. I understand that format() returns the correct string of function call with arguments. How do I fix this and make it work?
This should do it:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION device_bid_modifiers_count_per()
RETURNS TRIGGER AS
$func$
DECLARE
devices_count int := device_types_count();
table_name regclass := TG_ARGV[0];
column_name text := TG_ARGV[1];
BEGIN
LOCK TABLE device_types IN EXCLUSIVE MODE;
EXECUTE format('LOCK TABLE %s IN EXCLUSIVE MODE', table_name);
IF TG_OP = 'DELETE' THEN
PERFORM validate_bid_modifiers_count(table_name
, column_name
, (row_to_json(OLD) ->> column_name)::bigint
, devices_count);
ELSE
PERFORM validate_bid_modifiers_count(table_name
, column_name
, (row_to_json(NEW) ->> column_name)::bigint
, devices_count);
END IF;
RETURN NEW;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
The immediate cause for the error message was the outer SELECT. Without target, you need to replace it with PERFORM in plpgsql. But the inner PERFORM in the query string passed to EXECUTE was wrong, too. PERFORM is a plpgsql command, not valid in an SQL string passed to EXECUTE, which expects SQL code. You have to use SELECT there. Finally OLD and NEW are not visible inside EXECUTE and would each raise an exception of their own the way you had it. All issues are fixed by dropping EXECUTE.
A simple and fast way to get the value of a dynamic column name from the row types OLD and NEW: cast to json, then you can parameterize the key name like demonstrated. Should be a bit simpler and faster than the alternative with dynamic SQL - which is possible as well, like:
...
EXECUTE format('SELECT validate_bid_modifiers_count(table_name
, column_name
, ($1.%I)::bigint
, devices_count)', column_name)
USING OLD;
...
Related:
Get values from varying columns in a generic trigger
Trigger with dynamic field name
Aside: Not sure why you need the heavy locks.
Aside 2: Consider writing a separate trigger function for each trigger instead. More noisy DDL, but simpler and faster to execute.
As I pointed out in the comment to Erwin Brandstetter's answer, initially I have an almost identical solution.
But issue was that I was getting the error
ERROR: record "new" has no field "column_name"
CONTEXT: SQL statement "SELECT validate_bid_modifiers_count(table_name, column_name, NEW.column_name, devices_count)"
PL/pgSQL function device_bid_modifiers_count_per() line 15 at PERFORM
This is why I thought I needed a way to dynamically evaluate things.
Currently got this working with the following still ugly looking to me solution (ugly because I don't like 2 IF statements, I would like it to be super dynamic, but maybe I am asking for too much):
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION device_bid_modifiers_count_per()
RETURNS TRIGGER AS
$func$
DECLARE
row RECORD;
table_name regclass := TG_ARGV[0];
column_name text := TG_ARGV[1];
devices_count INTEGER;
BEGIN
LOCK TABLE device_types IN EXCLUSIVE MODE;
EXECUTE format('LOCK TABLE %s IN EXCLUSIVE MODE', table_name);
devices_count := device_types_count();
IF TG_OP = 'DELETE' THEN
row := OLD;
ELSE
row := NEW;
END IF;
IF column_name = 'campaign_id' THEN
PERFORM validate_bid_modifiers_count(table_name, column_name, row.campaign_id, devices_count);
ELSIF column_name = 'adgroup_id' THEN
PERFORM validate_bid_modifiers_count(table_name, column_name, row.adgroup_id, devices_count);
ELSE
RAISE EXCEPTION 'invalid_column_name %', column_name;
END IF;
RETURN NEW;
END;
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
I am open to more robust solution suggestions.
Basically, the second condition kind'a almost defeats the purpose of having a single function, I could have at this point as well split it into two functions. Because the goal is to define multiple (2) triggers using this function (providing arguments to it).

Error with NEW to create a function for a trigger

I am trying create a function for a trigger like this:
CREATE FUNCTION backup_largeobjects_grant()
RETURNS trigger AS $$
BEGIN
GRANT SELECT ON LARGE OBJECT NEW.loid TO backup;
END; $$
LANGUAGE plpgsql;
But this gives me error when it reaches the NEW.
ERROR: syntax error at or near "NEW"
I've been looking but not understand that I'm doing wrong.
Any idea?
It looks like GRANT ... ON LARGE OBJECT statements can't be parameterised; the object ID will need to appear as a literal integer value.
You can achieve this in a stored procedure by building the statement as a string:
EXECUTE 'GRANT SELECT ON LARGE OBJECT ' || NEW.loid::text || ' TO backup';

DROP FUNCTION without knowing the number/type of parameters?

I keep all my functions in a text file with 'CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION somefunction'.
So if I add or change some function I just feed the file to psql.
Now if I add or remove parameters to an existing function, it creates an overload with the same name and to delete the original I need type in all the parameter types in the exact order which is kind of tedious.
Is there some kind of wildcard I can use to DROP all functions with a given name so I can just add DROP FUNCTION lines to the top of my file?
Basic query
This query creates all necessary DDL statements:
SELECT 'DROP FUNCTION ' || oid::regprocedure
FROM pg_proc
WHERE proname = 'my_function_name' -- name without schema-qualification
AND pg_function_is_visible(oid); -- restrict to current search_path
Output:
DROP FUNCTION my_function_name(string text, form text, maxlen integer);
DROP FUNCTION my_function_name(string text, form text);
DROP FUNCTION my_function_name(string text);
Execute the commands after checking plausibility.
Pass the function name case-sensitive and with no added double-quotes to match against pg_proc.proname.
The cast to the object identifier type regprocedure (oid::regprocedure), and then to text implicitly, produces function names with argument types, automatically double-quoted and schema-qualified according to the current search_path where needed. No SQL injection possible.
pg_function_is_visible(oid) restricts the selection to functions in the current search_path ("visible"). You may or may not want this.
If you have multiple functions of the same name in multiple schemas, or overloaded functions with various function arguments, all of those will be listed separately. You may want to restrict to specific schema(s) or specific function parameter(s).
Related:
When / how are default value expression functions bound with regard to search_path?
Function
You can build a plpgsql function around this to execute the statements immediately with EXECUTE. For Postgres 9.1 or later:
Careful! It drops your functions!
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_delfunc(_name text, OUT functions_dropped int)
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS
$func$
-- drop all functions with given _name in the current search_path, regardless of function parameters
DECLARE
_sql text;
BEGIN
SELECT count(*)::int
, 'DROP FUNCTION ' || string_agg(oid::regprocedure::text, '; DROP FUNCTION ')
FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc
WHERE proname = _name
AND pg_function_is_visible(oid) -- restrict to current search_path
INTO functions_dropped, _sql; -- count only returned if subsequent DROPs succeed
IF functions_dropped > 0 THEN -- only if function(s) found
EXECUTE _sql;
END IF;
END
$func$;
Call:
SELECT f_delfunc('my_function_name');
The function returns the number of functions found and dropped if no exceptions are raised. 0 if none were found.
Further reading:
How does the search_path influence identifier resolution and the "current schema"
Truncating all tables in a Postgres database
PostgreSQL parameterized Order By / Limit in table function
For Postgres versions older than 9.1 or older variants of the function using regproc and pg_get_function_identity_arguments(oid) check the edit history of this answer.
You would need to write a function that took the function name, and looked up each overload with its parameter types from information_schema, then built and executed a DROP for each one.
EDIT: This turned out to be a lot harder than I thought. It looks like information_schema doesn't keep the necessary parameter information in its routines catalog. So you need to use PostgreSQL's supplementary tables pg_proc and pg_type:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION udf_dropfunction(functionname text)
RETURNS text AS
$BODY$
DECLARE
funcrow RECORD;
numfunctions smallint := 0;
numparameters int;
i int;
paramtext text;
BEGIN
FOR funcrow IN SELECT proargtypes FROM pg_proc WHERE proname = functionname LOOP
--for some reason array_upper is off by one for the oidvector type, hence the +1
numparameters = array_upper(funcrow.proargtypes, 1) + 1;
i = 0;
paramtext = '';
LOOP
IF i < numparameters THEN
IF i > 0 THEN
paramtext = paramtext || ', ';
END IF;
paramtext = paramtext || (SELECT typname FROM pg_type WHERE oid = funcrow.proargtypes[i]);
i = i + 1;
ELSE
EXIT;
END IF;
END LOOP;
EXECUTE 'DROP FUNCTION ' || functionname || '(' || paramtext || ');';
numfunctions = numfunctions + 1;
END LOOP;
RETURN 'Dropped ' || numfunctions || ' functions';
END;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
COST 100;
I successfully tested this on an overloaded function. It was thrown together pretty fast, but works fine as a utility function. I would recommend testing more before using it in practice, in case I overlooked something.
Improving original answer in order to take schema into account, ie. schema.my_function_name,
select
format('DROP FUNCTION %s(%s);',
p.oid::regproc, pg_get_function_identity_arguments(p.oid))
FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc p
LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = p.pronamespace
WHERE
p.oid::regproc::text = 'schema.my_function_name';
Slightly enhanced version of Erwin's answer. Additionally supports following
'like' instead of exact function name match
can run in 'dry-mode' and 'trace' the SQL for removing of the functions
Code for copy/paste:
/**
* Removes all functions matching given function name mask
*
* #param p_name_mask Mask in SQL 'like' syntax
* #param p_opts Combination of comma|space separated options:
* trace - output SQL to be executed as 'NOTICE'
* dryrun - do not execute generated SQL
* #returns Generated SQL 'drop functions' string
*/
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION mypg_drop_functions(IN p_name_mask text,
IN p_opts text = '')
RETURNS text LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
DECLARE
v_trace boolean;
v_dryrun boolean;
v_opts text[];
v_sql text;
BEGIN
if p_opts is null then
v_trace = false;
v_dryrun = false;
else
v_opts = regexp_split_to_array(p_opts, E'(\\s*,\\s*)|(\\s+)');
v_trace = ('trace' = any(v_opts));
v_dryrun = ('dry' = any(v_opts)) or ('dryrun' = any(v_opts));
end if;
select string_agg(format('DROP FUNCTION %s(%s);',
oid::regproc, pg_get_function_identity_arguments(oid)), E'\n')
from pg_proc
where proname like p_name_mask
into v_sql;
if v_sql is not null then
if v_trace then
raise notice E'\n%', v_sql;
end if;
if not v_dryrun then
execute v_sql;
end if;
end if;
return v_sql;
END $$;
select mypg_drop_functions('fn_dosomething_%', 'trace dryrun');
Here is the query I built on top of #Сухой27 solution that generates sql statements for dropping all the stored functions in a schema:
WITH f AS (SELECT specific_schema || '.' || ROUTINE_NAME AS func_name
FROM information_schema.routines
WHERE routine_type='FUNCTION' AND specific_schema='a3i')
SELECT
format('DROP FUNCTION %s(%s);',
p.oid::regproc, pg_get_function_identity_arguments(p.oid))
FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc p
LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = p.pronamespace
WHERE
p.oid::regproc::text IN (SELECT func_name FROM f);
As of Postgres 10 you can drop functions by name only, as long as the names are unique to their schema. Just place the following declaration at the top of your function file:
drop function if exists my_func;
Documentation here.
pgsql generates an error if there exists more than one procedure with the same name but different arguments when the procedure is deleted according to its name. Thus if you want to delete a single procedure without affecting others then simply use the following query.
SELECT 'DROP FUNCTION ' || oid::regprocedure
FROM pg_proc
WHERE oid = {$proc_oid}