X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A662DBDEE for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:22:13 -0400 (AST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 73941-02 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:22:10 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 109BADBDE0 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:22:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAPJM8gw024859; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:22:08 -0500 (EST) To: "Ken Winter" cc: "'PostgreSQL pg-sql list'" Subject: Re: Variable column names in PL/pgSQL RECORD referencces In-reply-to: <004901c5f1ea$4a322a10$6603a8c0@kenxp> References: <004901c5f1ea$4a322a10$6603a8c0@kenxp> Comments: In-reply-to "Ken Winter" message dated "Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:01:40 -0500" Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:22:08 -0500 Message-ID: <24858.1132946528@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.004 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.004] X-Spam-Score: 0.004 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/245 X-Sequence-Number: 23496 "Ken Winter" writes: > In PL/pgSQL, is there a way to put a *variable* column-name in a dot > notation reference to a RECORD column? No. Some of the other, less-strongly-typed PLs can do it. regards, tom lane