Re: How the get variables out of a plggsql RECORD by column number

--- Tjibbe Rijpma <t(dot)b(dot)rijpma(at)student(dot)tudelft(dot)nl>
wrote:

> A record type contians the 1st row form dynamic
> query result.
>
> From that row I want to select the 1st column.
>
> How do I do that?

By name, i.e. "_row.firstfieldname". Perhaps you are
looking for a generic function, that can be applied to
any table? Pl/pgsql is not equipped to do that. I
believe that you can achieve what you want with
pl/tcl, pl/python or pl/perl (not sure about the
last).

>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION dswz.save_query (TEXT)
> RETURNS BOOL AS '
> DECLARE
> _query ALIAS FOR $1;
> _temp_query TEXT;
> _row RECORD;
> _id INT8;
> _type INT8;
>
> BEGIN
> /* select the 1st row*/
> _temp_query := ''SELECT * FROM ('' || _query || '')
> AS table_source LIMIT 1'';
>
> FOR _row IN EXECUTE temp_query LOOP
>
> /* select the 1st column */
> _id := ????_row[0]??????
>
> END LOOP;
>
> /* Saves the query and his type */
> SELECT INTO _type type FROM objects WHERE id = _id;
> INSERT INTO queries VALUES (_query, _type);
>
>
> RETURN TRUE;
> END
>
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' SECURITY DEFINER;

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