Re: Dyamic updates of NEW with pl/pgsql

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, strk(at)keybit(dot)net
Subject: Re: Dyamic updates of NEW with pl/pgsql
Date: 2010-03-10 11:38:36
Message-ID: 20100310113836.GA2700@depesz.com
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On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 06:59:31PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> 2010/3/9 strk <strk(at)keybit(dot)net>:
> > How can a pl/pgsql trigger change the
> > values of dynamic fields in NEW record ?
> >
> > By "dynamic" I mean that the field name
> > is a variable in the trigger context.
> >
> > I've been told it's easy to do with pl/perl but
> > I'd like to delive a pl/pgsql solution to have
> > less dependencies.
>
> It isn't possible yet

well, it's possible. it's just not nice.

http://www.depesz.com/index.php/2010/03/10/dynamic-updates-of-fields-in-new-in-plpgsql/

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