Brian,
You can also use the "record" type as well in the same way.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Weaver" <georgew1@mts.net>
To: "Brian Knox" <laotse@aol.net>; <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] "record" datatype - plpgsql
> Hi Brian;
>
> Assuming "NEW" has been declared as foo%rowtype, you can access the
> columns thus
>
> NEW.xxx where xxx is the column name
>
> HTH.
> George
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Knox" <laotse@aol.net>
> To: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:11 AM
> Subject: [SQL] "record" datatype - plpgsql
>
>
> > Given a variable of the "record" data type in pl/pgsql, is it possible
to
> > get the names of the columns ( attributes ) of that record?
> >
> > eg, given record "NEW" for table "foo", is there a way to get
information
> > concerning the columns that make up that record?
> >
> > Brian Knox
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