On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Igor Shevchenko <i...@carcass.ath.cx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I wasn't able to find any functions which would allow me to save/fetch/remove > user variables local to pgsql session, e.g. - > > 1. select setvar('user variable name', 'user value'); > 2. select getvar('user variable name'); > 3. select delvar('user variable name'); > > Is there any way to do this with stock PostgreSQL, or via something in > contrib? > > Would pgsql's HTAB with hash_create and hash_search be a good basis for a > simple C extension which would provide such feature ?
yes. this is trivially done and works. another way to do it with pl/perl...there's an example in the docs iirc. personally, I prefer the htab route. It's going to come down to which dependency you want to deal with. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general