Re: computed values in plpgsql - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 12:42 -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:

> the best way to do this is very version dependent.  the basic trick is
> to use text cast to pass a composite type into the query sting.
>
> one way:
> execute 'insert into foo_something select (' || new::text || '::foo).*';
>
> you can try:
> execute 'insert into foo_something select ($1::foo).*' using new::text;
>
> merlin

thanks,  we're using version 8.3.7.