On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 08:48:07AM -0800, novnov wrote: > Why would not be possible in plpgsql? It has loop etc, the only part I'm not > sure it can do it use the variable as field name. The "dynamic" in dynamic language usually refers to dynamic typing. pl/pgsql is a strictly typed language which means one can look at the code and determine what type each variable will be. Languages like perl and python are dynamic because what type a variable is does not matter until runtime and the type can change every time you run it. The problem with using a variable as a field name is that you can no longer tell what type the result will be. It could be any type supported by postgres. pl/pgsql can't handle that, perl and python can... Hope this helps, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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