I have a problem where I want to tweak a simple select in an "unobtrusive way". Imagine I have the following select statement: "SELECT name FROM customer LIMIT 1" and I get a normal result set from this. But, could I,maybe by defining some other function or similar, change the result set *without* changing the query? Suppose I get the result from the query above, saying: "Peter Peterson". I would (sometimes) like to get the result "<div>Peter Peterson</div>" but I should not have to change the original query.
I know I could write "SELECT '<div>' || name || '</div>' as name FROM customer" but then I have altered the original query and I cannot do this since it is supposed to function different in two different situations. Any ideas on how to achieve this? I would like to let the original sql code stay original. I can prepare postgres before executing the sql if this makes it easier to acheive the goal -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
