Table name as a PostgreSQL function parameter

Question

I want to pass a table name as a parameter in a Postgres function. I tried this code:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION some_f(param character varying) RETURNS inte         


        

Answer 1

I have 9.4 version of PostgreSQL and I always use this code:

CREATE FUNCTION add_new_table(text) RETURNS void AS
$BODY$
begin
    execute
        'CREATE TABLE ' || $1 || '(
        item_1      type,
        item_2      type
        )';
end;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE plpgsql

And then:

SELECT add_new_table('my_table_name');

It works good for me.

Attention! Above example is one of those which shows "How do not if we want to keep safety during querying the database" :P