Marc Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In the trigger, TG_ARGV[0] is the name of a column that I want to > evaluate.
This is effectively impossible in plpgsql, because it's a statically typed language --- it wants to know the type of every expression in advance, and so such a thing couldn't work. Consider using one of the other PLs instead. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match