On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 18:48 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > James Robinson <jlrob...@socialserve.com> writes: > > Python's getattr() allows for dynamic lookup of attributes on an > > object, as in: > > > inst = MyClass(x=12, y=24) > > v = getattr(inst, 'x') > > assert v == 12 > > > Oftentimes in writing data validating trigger functions, it'd be real > > handy to be able to do a similar thing in plpgsql > > > Is there something in the internals which inherently prevent this? > > plpgsql is strongly typed (much more so than python, anyway).
For example the plpgsql type RECORD is about as strongly typed as (some) python classes , that is once assigned the record itself is typed, but the same variable can point to different record types -- ------- Hannu Krosing PostgreSQL Infinite Scalability and Performance Consultant PG Admin Book: http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
