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:

> Yes I'm looking for a generic function, because I do
> not know the
> fieldnames.
>
> Is there no possibility to insert the query result
> into a ARRAY and then
> select _result[0][0]? (I didn't get it work.....)
>
> Or to get the fieldnames?

You could query the system catalogs. I haven't tried
this, but: a query like "select column_name into
columnnamevariable from information_schema.columns
where table_name = whatever and ordinal_position = 1"
should get you what you want.

>
> Pl/tcl, pl/python or pl/perl are not installed by my
> provider and I have no
> experience with it.
>
>
> Tjibbe
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Eckermann" <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com>
> To: "Tjibbe Rijpma" <t(dot)b(dot)rijpma(at)student(dot)tudelft(dot)nl>;
> <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 15:41
> Subject: Re: [NOVICE] 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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