diff -r f7f9a2553128 -r 9603e64324bc src/GuileHandler.h
--- a/src/GuileHandler.h	Sun Feb 03 19:52:37 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/GuileHandler.h	Sun Feb 03 21:53:10 2019 +0100
@@ -114,6 +114,39 @@
 		scm_define(toGuileSymbol(name), toGuileValue(value, typeInfo, type));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * TODO: use a common method
+	 */
+	bool parseBoolean(const string_t& value) {
+		if (value == L"true") return true;
+		else if (value == L"false") return false;
+		else throw relpipe::cli::RelpipeCLIException(L"Unable to parse boolean value: " + value + L" (expecting true or false)", relpipe::cli::CLI::EXIT_CODE_BAD_CLI_ARGUMENTS);
+	}
+
+	void defineGuileVariable(const DefinitionRecipe& definition) {
+		switch (relationalWriter->toTypeId(definition.type)) {
+			case writer::TypeId::BOOLEAN:
+			{
+				boolean_t value = parseBoolean(definition.value);
+				defineGuileVariable(definition.name, &value, typeid (value), TypeId::BOOLEAN);
+				break;
+			}
+			case writer::TypeId::INTEGER:
+			{
+				integer_t value = stoul(definition.value);
+				defineGuileVariable(definition.name, &value, typeid (value), TypeId::INTEGER);
+				break;
+			}
+			case writer::TypeId::STRING:
+			{
+				defineGuileVariable(definition.name, &definition.value, typeid (definition.value), TypeId::STRING);
+				break;
+			}
+			default:
+				throw cli::RelpipeCLIException(L"Unsupported type in defineGuileVariable(): " + definition.type, cli::CLI::EXIT_CODE_UNEXPECTED_ERROR);
+		}
+	}
+
 	void undefineGuileVariable(const string_t& name) {
 		scm_define(toGuileSymbol(name), scm_make_undefined_variable()); // undefined != (define n)
 		// TODO: or use: scm_variable_unset_x() ?
@@ -152,7 +185,10 @@
 	}
 
 	void startRelation(string_t name, vector<AttributeMetadata> attributes) override {
-		if (currentRelationConfiguration) evalGuileCode(currentRelationConfiguration->guileAfterRecords);
+		if (currentRelationConfiguration) {
+			evalGuileCode(currentRelationConfiguration->guileAfterRecords);
+			for (DefinitionRecipe definition : currentRelationConfiguration->definitions) undefineGuileVariable(definition.name);
+		}
 		for (auto attribute : currentReaderMetadata) undefineGuileVariable(attribute.getAttributeName());
 		currentReaderMetadata = attributes;
 		// TODO: move to a reusable method (or use same metadata on both reader and writer side?)
@@ -166,6 +202,7 @@
 		for (int i = 0; i < configuration.relationConfigurations.size(); i++) {
 			if (regex_match(name, wregex(configuration.relationConfigurations[i].relation))) {
 				currentRelationConfiguration = &configuration.relationConfigurations[i];
+				for (DefinitionRecipe definition : currentRelationConfiguration->definitions) defineGuileVariable(definition);
 				break; // it there are multiple matches, only the first configuration is used
 			}
 		}