Actually there is a section in the manual on this problem: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/plpgsql-implementation.html#PLPGSQL-VAR-SUBST
On 29 June 2011 11:41, Ben Carbery <ben.carb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hm, "a" isn't a variable,it's the value of stuff[1]. > > > It's both.. > > DECLARE > a integer; > b integer; > > The point is I want a dynamically named variable. Here I've named them the > same as stuff[i] but they can be anything provided it is a different > variable name on each loop iteration. The manual is not entirely clear on > where loop variable substitution does and does not apply with FOR. > > > >> Did you try >> declaring a,b,c,d as the return type of the respective functions? >> >> > How would this help? >
