On Feb 14, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
=?UTF-8?B?UmFwaGHDq2wgSmFjcXVvdA==?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:so, I propose the use of NEW[variable_containing_the_column_name] (which can obviously be extended to any tuples) to allow such access.what do you experts think ?Zero chance. plplgsql is a strongly typed language, and a construct like that couldn't have any known-in-advance data type.
Would it be reasonable to teach EXECUTE about NEW and OLD? That should allow the OP to do what he's looking for...
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