Re: wishlist for 8.4

On Feb 14, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Raphaël Jacquot <sxpert@sxpert.org> writes:
>> so, I propose the use of
>>     NEW[variable_containing_the_column_name]
>> (which can obviously be extended to any tuples)
>> to allow such access.
>
>> what do you experts think ?
>
> Zero chance.  plplgsql is a strongly typed language, and a construct
> like that couldn't have any known-in-advance data type.

Would it be reasonable to teach EXECUTE about NEW and OLD? That  
should allow the OP to do what he's looking for...
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