That's not what I was asking. I know I can access the values of each column using NEW.columnname. What I was asking is if there's anyway to use the NEW record to get a list of the columnnames in it without knowing them beforehand.
Brian Knox On Thu, 29 May 2003, George Weaver wrote: > Hi Brian; > > Assuming "NEW" has been declared as foo%rowtype, you can access the > columns thus > > NEW.xxx where xxx is the column name > > HTH. > George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Knox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:11 AM > Subject: [SQL] "record" datatype - plpgsql > > > > Given a variable of the "record" data type in pl/pgsql, is it possible to > > get the names of the columns ( attributes ) of that record? > > > > eg, given record "NEW" for table "foo", is there a way to get information > > concerning the columns that make up that record? > > > > Brian Knox > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
