Thread: How to store query result into another table using stored procedure

On 6/9/23 00:51, Rama Krishnan wrote:

Hi All,

I have a table like below

Create table if not exists digi_card(

     Digi_card_id varchar(100),

    created_date timestamp,

    updated_date timestamp,

     status varchar(50),

     reason varchar(50)

);

Sample values:

Insert into digi_card values ('ee4422', '2019-03-01 00:25:00', '2021-03-31 22:33:00','Active','NULL');

Insert into digi_card values ('ee4423', '2019-08-01 00:25:00', '2022-07-31 00:33:00','Undigiized ','Move');

Insert into digi_card values ('ee4424', '2021-03-01 00:25:00', '2023-02-27 08:33:00','Active','NULL');

I want to display the card which was deleted after 24 months from the corresponding  created month and the results should be store on the temporary tables so i have written the below stored procedure 

CREATE or REPLACE PROCEDURE deleted_cards_count_test(start_date TIMESTAMP, end_date TIMESTAMP) AS $$ 

DECLARE 

current_date TIMESTAMP;

month_start_date TIMESTAMP;

month_end_date TIMESTAMP;

month24_end_date TIMESTAMP;

no_deleted_cards bigint;

BEGIN

    current_date := start_date;

month_end_date := to_char(date_trunc('month', current_date) + interval '24 month - 1 day' + interval '23 hours 59 minutes 5 seconds','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS');

Create temporary table if not exists temp_teport_results(

month_start_date TIMESTAMP,

no_deleted_cards bigint

);

     EXECUTE format('

SELECT COUNT(1) filter (where status =''Undigitized'' and reason is null and updated_date between %L and %L) no_deleted_cards from digi_card where created_date between %L and %L

group by months',current_date,month_end_date)INTO no_deleted_cards;

Insert into temp_teport_results (month_start_date,no_deleted_cards) VALUES (month_start_date,no_deleted_cards);

--- display result

     select * from temp_teport_results;

END;

$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

It was created successfully, but when I called this procedure with parameters. i am getting this below error ,Pls guide me to fix the issue

CALL deleted_cards_count_test( '2019-03-01 00:00:00',  '2021-03-31 23:59:59');

ERROR:  too few arguments for format()

CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function deleted_cards_count_test(timestamp without time zone,timestamp without time zone) line 16 at EXECUTE

Does the format() work outside of the stored procedure?  In psql, for example:
SELECT format('SELECT COUNT(1) filter (where status =''Undigitized''
                            and reason is null and updated_date between %L and %L) no_deleted_cards
                     from digi_card where created_date between %L and %L group by months'
                    ,'2023-06-08','2023-06-30');

I tried it, and it doesn't:
ostgres=# SELECT format('SELECT COUNT(1) filter (where status =''Undigitized''
postgres'#                             and reason is null and updated_date between %L and %L) no_deleted_cards
postgres'#                      from digi_card where created_date between %L and %L group by months'
postgres(#                     ,'2023-06-08','2023-06-30');
ERROR:  too few arguments for format()

Because you've got four arguments, and you were only passing two.

This works:
postgres=# SELECT format('SELECT COUNT(1) filter (where status =''Undigitized''
                            and reason is null and updated_date between %L and %L) no_deleted_cards
                     from digi_card where created_date between %L and %L group by months'
                    ,'2023-06-08','2023-06-30', '2023-06-08','2023-06-30');
                                                         format                                                          
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SELECT COUNT(1) filter (where status ='Undigitized'                                                                    +
                             and reason is null and updated_date between '2023-06-08' and '2023-06-30') no_deleted_cards+
                      from digi_card where created_date between '2023-06-08' and '2023-06-30' group by months
(1 row)

> On 09/06/2023 07:51 CEST Rama Krishnan <raghuldrag@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> CREATE or REPLACE PROCEDURE deleted_cards_count_test(start_date TIMESTAMP, end_date TIMESTAMP) AS $$
> DECLARE
> current_date TIMESTAMP;
> month_start_date TIMESTAMP;
> month_end_date TIMESTAMP;
> month24_end_date TIMESTAMP;
> no_deleted_cards bigint;
> BEGIN
> current_date := start_date;
> month_end_date := to_char(date_trunc('month', current_date) + interval '24 month - 1 day' + interval '23 hours 59
minutes5 seconds','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS');
 
> Create temporary table if not exists temp_teport_results(
> month_start_date TIMESTAMP,
> no_deleted_cards bigint
> );
>
> EXECUTE format('
> SELECT COUNT(1) filter (where status =''Undigitized'' and reason is null and updated_date between %L and %L)
no_deleted_cardsfrom digi_card where created_date between %L and %L
 
> group by months',current_date,month_end_date)INTO no_deleted_cards;
> 
> Insert into temp_teport_results (month_start_date,no_deleted_cards) VALUES (month_start_date,no_deleted_cards);
> --- display result
> select * from temp_teport_results;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> It was created successfully, but when I called this procedure with parameters.
> i am getting this below error ,Pls guide me to fix the issue
>
> CALL deleted_cards_count_test( '2019-03-01 00:00:00', '2021-03-31 23:59:59');
> ERROR: too few arguments for format()
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function deleted_cards_count_test(timestamp without time zone,timestamp without time zone) line 16
atEXECUTE
 

The problem is that you expect four arguments in format to fill the four %L.
You can reuse the two arguments by using %1$L and %2$L for the third and fourth
occurence of %L.

But I don't think you need EXECUTE format() at all.  You can instead write
an INSERT SELECT statement and use the plpgsql variables in place of the format
placeholders %L:

    INSERT INTO temp_teport_results (month_start_date, no_deleted_cards)
    SELECT count(1) FILTER (
      WHERE status = 'Undigitized' AND reason IS NULL
      AND updated_date BETWEEN current_date AND month_end_date  -- uses the variables
    )
    ...

You may want to prefix the variable names with v_ to easily spot them and
reduce the likelyhood of conflicts with column names.  Otherwise qualify the
variable names with the procedure name to avoid conflicts.  See the docs on
variable substitution:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/plpgsql-implementation.html#PLPGSQL-VAR-SUBST

--
Erik