Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew Dunstan wrote: >> Or you could possibly use some of the XML support in 8.3 for serialization.
> I need this for 8.1 :) There's an even easier way in 8.3: just cast the rowtype to text. regression=# select row(1,2,false)::text; row --------- (1,2,f) (1 row) Although this won't work at the SQL level in 8.1, I think you might be able to accomplish the equivalent within plpgsql by assigning the rowtype value to a text variable. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match