Steve White wrote: > The roadblock is: > > There is a record, which may be from any of a set of similar databases. > Field names for this record are computed as strings. Using these strings, > I need to access fields of the record. > > But I can't find the syntax for it. You can't do this with plpgsql. There are some limited possibilities with "EXECUTE 'foo bar $1 baz' USING rec" where the $1 is expanded with the record. However the best thing you can do is use a different PL, probably PL/Perl. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general