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Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 15:22:10 -0800 (PST)
From: chrisj <chrisj.wood@sympatico.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: can a insert with a returning clause be subquery ?
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I am trying to accomplish this:

update p2user.party set ADDR_KEY =
    (insert into p2user.address ( street_no, street_name)
                        values ('22', 'Geek St.')
       returning addr_key )
 where party_key = 22 ;

But I am getting error:
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "into"
LINE 1: update p2user.party set ADDR_KEY = (insert into p2user.addre...
                                                   ^(is actually under the
"into")

The insert by itself works fine and returns a valid integer.

I know I could do this easily with a stored proc,
 but it seems like an obvious use of the returning clause

Am I missing some syntax error


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