Hi all,
I've got a situation where I need to be able to query for the
same sort of data across multiple tables. Let me give some example
tables then explain.
create table t1 (
t_attr1 text[],
t_attr2 text[]
);
create table a1 (
a_attr1 text[],
a_attr2 text[]
);
create table c1 (
c_attr1 text[],
c_attr2 text[],
c_attr3 text[]
);
In each of the above tables *_attr*[1] contains a flag that determines
what type of attribute it is.
t1.t_attr1[1] == a1.a_attr2[1] == c1_.c_attr3[1] == FLAG
In otherwords, the attribute with the specific flag in quesiton is not
known at runtime, unless I keep a table with the column names and table
names setup. Also, new *1 tables could be created dynamically with new attr*'s,
and the number of columns within the tables isn't going to be the same.
What I need to be able to do is say something like:
"For ALL *1 tables with *_attr*[1] == FLAG return rows with
VALUE"
Ideas? Comments? Suggestions? Am I being crazy?
Pierre
