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From: Mario Splivalo <mario.splivalo@mobart.hr>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: EXECUTE SELECT INTO... last one!
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:21:50 +0200
Message-ID: <1128072110.32604.7.camel@ekim> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050930083434.GA86067@winnie.fuhr.org>
References: <1128067235.32604.3.camel@ekim>
	<20050930083434.GA86067@winnie.fuhr.org>

On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 02:34 -0600, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 10:00:35AM +0200, Mario Splivalo wrote:
> > PgSql8.1beta2 gives me this:
> > 
> > ERROR:  EXECUTE of SELECT ... INTO is not implemented yet
> > CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "_rndbroj" line 5 at execute statement
> 
> Could you post a simple example of what you're trying to do?  The
> following works for me in 8.1beta2 (from CVS):
> 
> CREATE FUNCTION mycount(text) RETURNS bigint AS $$
> DECLARE
>     query  text;
>     cnt    bigint;
> BEGIN
>     query := 'SELECT count(*) FROM ' || quote_ident($1);
>     EXECUTE query INTO cnt;
>     RETURN cnt;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Yes, it's my fault. I was testing it on pg7.4. On 8.1beta2 works as you
explained. Though it would be realy nice to be able to do 

	var := col FROM tempTable WHERE condition

withouth EXECUTE'ing and stuff.

Sorry for the fuss I might have created.

	Mario
-- 
Mario Splivalo
Mob-Art
mario.splivalo@mobart.hr

"I can do it quick, I can do it cheap, I can do it well. Pick any two."





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