Re: Postgres / plpgsql equivalent to python's getattr() ?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: James Robinson <jlrobins(at)socialserve(dot)com>
Cc: Hackers Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgres / plpgsql equivalent to python's getattr() ?
Date: 2011-08-03 22:48:38
Message-ID: 25186.1312411718@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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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