DO $$ DECLARE clist text; BEGIN -------------------------------build a column list---------------------------------------- SELECT string_agg( format('%I',cname) || CASE WHEN func IN ('odate','sdate') THEN ' + interval ''1 year''' ELSE '' END,E'\n,' ORDER BY opos ASC) INTO clist FROM fc.target_meta WHERE func NOT IN ('version'); RAISE NOTICE 'build list: %',clist; CREATE TEMP TABLE sql(t text); INSERT INTO sql SELECT clist; END $$; select * from sql;