Re: Record Types Structure in PL/pgSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: Record Types Structure in PL/pgSQL
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Msg-id 162867790706070608p573fbae1l6623f0c2e4b02b49@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Record Types Structure in PL/pgSQL  (Diego Sanchez <dsanchez@roldansia.com.co>)
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Hello

it isn't possible in plpgsql. Try other plperl or plpython

Regards
Pavel Stehule



2007/6/6, Diego Sanchez <dsanchez@roldansia.com.co>:
>
>  Hi there.
>
>  Is there any way of determining the actual structure of a record variable?
> E. g. I've written a small script to do some calculations  over some fields
> with a dinamically generated query. It looks like this:
>
>  create function foo(text) returns void as
>  $$
>  declare
>  a_record record;
>  my_query alias for $1;
>  begin
>  for a_record in execute my_query loop
>  -- Do some calculations
>  end loop;
>  return;
>  end;
>  $$
>  language plpgsql;
>
>  The question is: how could I possibly get the field names and other
> information about the record a_record? I appreciate any suggestions or tips
> about this.
>
>  Best regards.
>
>

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