Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: elein <elein(at)varlena(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs
Date: 2003-07-23 19:15:50
Message-ID: 15642.1058987750@sss.pgh.pa.us
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elein <elein(at)varlena(dot)com> writes:
> You can do it in C, of course.

Yeah. Also you could do it easily in plperl or pltcl (composite-type
arguments get passed as perl hashes or Tcl arrays respectively).
plpgsql does not have any facility for run-time determination of field
names, so you're pretty much out of luck in that particular language.

regards, tom lane

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