From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Phil Endecott <spam_from_postgresql_sql@chezphil.org>
Cc: Riccardo G. Facchini <abief_ag_-postgresql@yahoo.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: plpgsql - Insert from a record variable?
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:30:49 -0400
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"Phil Endecott" <spam_from_postgresql_sql@chezphil.org> writes:
> I think what I really need is an introspection mechanism
> so that I can loop over each element of the record and construct the
> insert as a string. Maybe this is possible using a different
> server-side language?
pltcl can probably handle this; I'm less sure about plperl or plpython.
(No reflection on the languages, but pltcl has the most complete
Postgres interface.)
regards, tom lane
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