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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Roger Mason <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: plpgsql select into
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:07:40 -0400
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Roger Mason <[email protected]> writes:
> Yes, if I omit the INTO clause I get data returned.  So then how do I
> insert the result of the plpgsql call into a table?  This is what
> happens if I try calling 'select into' in psql:

> select into info_table from (select get_info('1043_1')) as info_split;
> SELECT 1288
> test=> select * from info_table ;
> --
> (1288 rows)

You selected zero columns (which psql is not very good at displaying :-().
Try

select * into info_table from (select get_info('1043_1')) as info_split;

BTW, that could be simplified a lot:

select * into info_table from get_info('1043_1');

			regards, tom lane

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