James Robinson <jlrobins(at)socialserve(dot)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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• Postgres / plpgsql equivalent to python's getattr() ? at 2011-08-03 21:19:15 from James Robinson

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• Re: Postgres / plpgsql equivalent to python's getattr() ? at 2011-08-04 08:55:13 from Florian Pflug
• Re: Postgres / plpgsql equivalent to python's getattr() ? at 2011-08-04 14:00:25 from Hannu Krosing

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