Corey Huinker <corey.huin...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 3:48 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinn...@iki.fi> wrote: >> Let's pursue the "CAST(srf() AS row_rtype)" syntax that Joe suggested >> upthread ( >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/559a9643.9070...@joeconway.com). For >> some reason, the discussion went on around the details of the submitted >> patch after that, even though everyone seemed to prefer the CAST() syntax.
> I'm all for adding that syntax, but it wouldn't be useful for my purposes > unless row_rtype could be a variable, and my understanding is that it can't. Not sure why inserting a variable name is so much better than inserting a type name? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers