Re: PLPGSQL - extra column existence in trigger

On Sat, May 07, 2022 at 07:41:44AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> No.  I’d probably approach this by generically converting the NEW record to
> json and working with that.  Non-existent object keys return null when
> accessed.

One note - in my tests working with hstore was significantly faster than
json.

It could have changed since I wrote it, but you might want to check it
out:
https://www.depesz.com/2021/04/21/getting-value-from-dynamic-column-in-pl-pgsql-triggers/

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