Re: Dyamic updates of NEW with pl/pgsql

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, depesz(at)depesz(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dyamic updates of NEW with pl/pgsql
Date: 2010-03-15 14:02:39
Message-ID: 4B9E3DFF.3060902@dunslane.net
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Merlin Moncure wrote:
> record->fieldname takes a string (possibly a variable)?

If it doesn't we have a communication problem. :-)

> If so, his would nail the problem.

Not quite, but close. We also need a nice way of querying for field
names (at least) at run time. I've seen that requested several times.

> This would work with run time typed
> records (new, etc)?
>
>

Again, if it doesn't we have a communication problem.

cheers

andrew

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