On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 13:45 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > But still, how would I reference all fields using the pl/perl? Can I > > specify column numbers versus names as in '$_TD->{new}{1}' for the first > > column and loop or something? For instance, I would like to be able to > > say if any NEW column has a single asterisk only, set it to '%%%'. > > Well, do a foreach ($_TD->{new}) or foreach (keys $_TD->{new}) (not sure > of the exact syntax but if you're used to Perl you can figure it out). >
You gotta love pgsql, took a bit, but done... foreach $i (keys %{$_TD->{new}}) { if (${$_TD->{new}}{$i} eq '*') { ${$_TD->{new}}{$i} = '%%%'; } else { ${$_TD->{new}}{$i} =~ s/\*/\%/g; } } return "MODIFY"; -- Robert ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings