postgresql/procedure

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24618672/function-to-loop-through-and-select-data-from-multiple-tables
http://okbob.blogspot.fr/2010/12/iteration-over-record-in-plpgsql.html

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.internalid_formaltable_name_lookup()
  RETURNS TABLE(natural_id text, name text, natural_id_numeric text) AS
$func$
DECLARE
   formal_table text;
BEGIN
   FOR formal_table IN
      SELECT quote_ident(table_name)
      FROM   information_schema.tables
      WHERE  table_schema = 'public'
      AND    table_name LIKE 'formaltable%'
   LOOP
      RETURN QUERY EXECUTE
      'SELECT t.natural_id, t.name, t.natural_id_numeric
       FROM   internal_idlookup i
       JOIN   public.' || formal_table || ' t USING (natural_id_numeric)
       WHERE  i.internal_id = 7166571';   -- assuming internal_id is numeric
   END LOOP;
END
$func$  LANGUAGE plpgsql;