Dynamic column name troubles - Mailing list pgsql-general

From mstory@uchicago.edu
Subject Dynamic column name troubles
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Msg-id 1106269636.41f055c4530d2@churlish.uchicago.edu
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Responses Re: Dynamic column name troubles  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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I have a table that gets a column added to it for every insert on another table.
 the general form of these columns are g_c_i_avg where i is the unique
identifyer for the insert that caused the column to be added. I need to use this
column to calculate a new value for another column in the same table on an
update to that column.  I can find the altered column, and even build a text
string for it: something like column := ''NEW.g_c_'' || 7 || ''_avg'';

but then i can't use the double precision value for that column.  Any help would
be appreciated.

matt

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