On 01/19/2016 11:05 PM, Peter Devoy wrote: > As part of the extension I am writing I am trying to create a trigger > procedure in which the value of the primary key of the NEW or OLD row > is used. The trigger will be fired by arbitrary tables so the column > name must be dynamic. Something like: > > pk_column := 'foo_id'; --example assignment only > > EXECUTE 'INSERT INTO bar (baz) VALUES ($1)' > USING NEW.quote_literal(pk_column); > > Out of desperation I have pretty much brute forced many weird > combinations of quote_literal, quote_ident, ::regclass, || and USING. > Unfortunately, I have not been able to get anything to work so any > help would be very much appreciated. Everything gets easier when you use format(). The following should do what you want: EXECUTE format('INSERT INTO bar (baz) VALUES (($1).%L)', pk_column) USING NEW; -- Vik Fearing +33 6 46 75 15 36 http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general