On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Daniel Schuchardt <d.schuchardt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > thats exactly the same i'm looking for: > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-07/msg00458.php > > (todo list for plpgsql) > > *Server-Side Languages > *PL/pgSQL > * > *[D] Allow listing of record column names, and access to record columns *via > variables, e.g. columns := r.(*), tval2 := r.(colname) > * > *Re: PL/PGSQL: Dynamic Record Introspection > > > is that is possible in any pl* language? Yes, if the language has the architecture to handle it. plpgsql doesn't right now. pltcl, plperl, and plain old C functions can examine records and do dynamic stuff with them. Any attempt at doing dynamic queries right now in plpgsql leads to madness, or so I've been told. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general