Create dynamic table from function in PostgreSQL

Question

I have table data,

select * from tbltaxamount ;
 id |   taxname   | taxinfoid | taxvalue | taxamt | zoneid | invoiceid | transid 
----+-------------+--------         


        

Answer 1

After so may tries I have created below function for creation of the table on the fly and that will display records as above.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION taxamount() RETURNS void as $$
DECLARE
        columnNames RECORD;
    invoiceids RECORD;
BEGIN
    FOR columnNames IN  SELECT * from pg_tables where tablename = 'tmptable'
        LOOP
            DROP TABLE tmptable ;        
        END LOOP;
    CREATE TABLE tmptable (invoiceid integer PRIMARY KEY);
    FOR columnNames IN SELECT distinct(replace(taxname,' ','')) as taxnames from tbltaxamount
        LOOP
                EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE tmptable ADD ' || columnNames.taxnames || ' numeric(9,2) DEFAULT 0';
        END LOOP;
    FOR invoiceids IN SELECT distinct(invoiceid) from tbltaxamount
    LOOP
        EXECUTE 'INSERT INTO tmptable (invoiceid) VALUES (' || invoiceids.invoiceid || ')';
    END LOOP;
    FOR invoiceids IN SELECT * from tbltaxamount
    LOOP
        EXECUTE 'UPDATE tmptable SET ' || replace(invoiceids.taxname,' ','') || ' = ' || invoiceids.taxamt  || ' WHERE invoiceid = ' || invoiceids.invoiceid;
    END LOOP ;
RETURN;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;