Decibel! wrote:
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...
You could have a function get_attribute_as_text(NEW, 'id') or even
get_attribute_quoted(NEW, 'id')
It would be nice to have a more dynamic language built-in. I'm not aware
of any BSD-licensed dynamic languages though.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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