Esta es mi función para seleccionar todas las columnas y esperar una. Combiné ideas de postgresonline.com y postgresql tuturial y de otras fuentes.
CREATE TABLE phonebook(phone VARCHAR(32), firstname VARCHAR(32),
lastname VARCHAR(32), address VARCHAR(64));
INSERT INTO phonebook(phone, firstname, lastname, address)
VALUES ('+1 123 456 7890', 'John', 'Doe', 'North America'),
('+1 321 456 7890', 'Matti', 'Meikeläinen', 'Finland'),
('+1 999 456 7890', 'Maija', 'Meikeläinen', 'Finland'),
('+9 123 456 7890', 'John', 'Doe', 'Canada'),
('+1 123 456 7890', 'John', 'Doe', 'Sweden'),
('+1 123 456 7890', 'John', 'Doe2', 'North America');
drop function all_except_one(text,text);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION all_except_one(to_remove TEXT, table_name1 TEXT)
RETURNS void AS $$
DECLARE
rec_row RECORD;
curs1 refcursor ;
BEGIN
--print column names:
raise notice '%', ('|'|| ARRAY_TO_STRING(ARRAY(SELECT
COLUMN_NAME::CHAR(20) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE
TABLE_NAME=table_name1 AND COLUMN_NAME NOT IN (to_remove) ),
'|') ||'|') ;
OPEN curs1 FOR
EXECUTE 'select table_1 from (SELECT ' || ARRAY_TO_STRING(ARRAY(
SELECT COLUMN_NAME::VARCHAR(50) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME=table_name1 AND COLUMN_NAME NOT IN (to_remove)
), ', ') || ' FROM ' || table_name1 || ' limit 30) table_1 ';
LOOP
-- fetch row into the rec_row
FETCH curs1 INTO rec_row;
-- exit when no more row to fetch
EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND;
-- build and print the row output
raise notice '%',(select'| '|| regexp_replace( array_to_string(
array_agg(a::char(20)),'|'),'["\(.*\)]+', '','g') ||'|' from
unnest(string_to_array(replace(replace(replace(trim(rec_row::text,
'()'),'"',''), ', ','|'),')',' '),',')) as a);
END LOOP;
-- Close the cursor
CLOSE curs1;
END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
select all_except_one('phone','phonebook');
--output:
--NOTICE: |firstname |lastname |address |
--NOTICE: | John |Doe |North America |
--NOTICE: | Matti |Meikeläinen |Finland |
--NOTICE: | Maija |Meikeläinen |Finland |
--NOTICE: | John |Doe |Canada |
--NOTICE: | John |Doe |Sweden |
--NOTICE: | John |Doe2 |North America |
-- all_except_one
-- ----------------
-- (1 row)