(Pl/SQL) Obtaining field names from record 'variable' - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Allan Kamau
Subject (Pl/SQL) Obtaining field names from record 'variable'
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Msg-id 248682.35322.qm@web53508.mail.re2.yahoo.com
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Responses Re: (Pl/SQL) Obtaining field names from record 'variable'  ("=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Elvis_Henr=EDquez?=" <henriquez.elvis@gmail.com>)
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Hi,
I am writing a PL/SQL script to process data from a high dimensionality table where this table has most of it's field
namesencapsulating data. I would like to automatically loop through the fields of a  RECORD variable (returned from a
cursor)obtaining the field name and the field value. 
For example my table is listed below (briefly)

create table my_table
(
id int not null-- default nextval(('my_table_seq'::text)::regclass)
,some_explanation varchar(20) not null
,D30 varchar(100) null
,W32 varchar(100) null
,C33 varchar(100) null
,V7 varchar(100) null
,...
)
;

The field name W32 consists of 'W' which is data I need and '32' which is data I also need along with the actual record
valuecontained in this field. 


Allan.




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