Hello I am thinking, so it isn't possible. There are a general datatype anyelement, but it cannot accept a second general type record.
CREATE TYPE p AS (a text, b int, c bool); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fp(p) RETURNS int AS $$ BEGIN RAISE NOTICE 'a = %', $1.a; RETURN $1.b; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; postgres=# select fp(row('hello',10, false)); NOTICE: a = hello fp ──── 10 (1 row) Regards Pavel Stehule Time: 0.814 ms postgres=# select fp(row('hello',10, false)); 2010/10/25 Greg <grigo...@yahoo.co.uk> > Hi guys, got across an interesting problem of passing params to a function > in postgre: is it possible to pass a composite parameter to a function > without declaring a type first? > > For example: > > // declare a function > create function TEST ( object??? ) > .... > object???.paramName // using parameter > .... > > // calling > perform TEST( ROW(string, int, bool, etc...) ) > > Or do I have to do the type declaration for that parameter? > > Thanks! > >