Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 3:48 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> wrote:
>> Let's pursue the "CAST(srf() AS row_rtype)" syntax that Joe suggested
>> upthread (
>> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/559A9643.9070409@joeconway.com). For
>> some reason, the discussion went on around the details of the submitted
>> patch after that, even though everyone seemed to prefer the CAST() syntax.
> I'm all for adding that syntax, but it wouldn't be useful for my purposes
> unless row_rtype could be a variable, and my understanding is that it can't.
Not sure why inserting a variable name is so much better than inserting a
type name?
regards, tom lane
