Defining records at runtime

[Hans Bolinder]

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> I get around that by finding the index of Attr and doing
> 'element(Index, P) == MatchVal' instead.

Be careful to use =:=/2 rather than ==/2, or QLC will scan the whole
table even if Index is the key position or there is an index on
position Index.

Use ==/2 only if you want comparison rather than matching. 
For example, "2.0 == 2" is true, but "2.0 =:= 2" is false.

Best regards,

Hans Bolinder, Erlang/OTP