Re: Tweak sql result set... ?

(anonymous) wrote:

> 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

Have a look at CREATE RULE.

Tim