James Robinson <jlrob...@socialserve.com> writes:
> Python's getattr() allows for dynamic lookup of attributes on an  
> object, as in:

>       inst = MyClass(x=12, y=24)
>       v = getattr(inst, 'x')
>       assert v == 12

> Oftentimes in writing data validating trigger functions, it'd be real  
> handy to be able to do a similar thing in plpgsql

> Is there something in the internals which inherently prevent this? 

plpgsql is strongly typed (much more so than python, anyway).

                        regards, tom lane

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