Matt wrote:
> So, two questions:
> 1. Is there a better way of getting arbitrary columns from a record?
Not really.
> 2. If not, will I run into problems with the name of the temporary table
> if two processes call this function at the same time, or are temp names
> unique to the particular session?
Temporary tables are session-specific.
Really, you'd be better off using one of the more interpreted languages
for this specific task though.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd