X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005143A3E87 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:39:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47283-03 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:38:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from megazone.bigpanda.com (megazone.bigpanda.com [64.147.171.210]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CEDA3A3D02 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:38:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: by megazone.bigpanda.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C644135428; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:38:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by megazone.bigpanda.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4DE0353F2; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:38:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:38:55 -0800 (PST) From: Stephan Szabo To: Ari Kahn Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: plpgsql and for with integer loopvar error In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050117113239.I13804@megazone.bigpanda.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.015 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/126 X-Sequence-Number: 19914 On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Ari Kahn wrote: > CREATE FUNCTION gets_nooky() returns numeric AS > ' > DECLARE > i integer; > gt1cnt record; > gt1 record; > cluster record; > cluster_cnt integer; > slocus integer; > minmax record; > > BEGIN > SELECT INTO gt1 * FROM cgt1; > SELECT count(*) INTO gt1cnt FROM cgt1; > > FOR i IN 1 .. SELECT count(*) FROM cgt1 I think either of (SELECT count(*) FROM cgt1) or count(*) from cgt1 should work in practice (I personally like the former because that's the scalar subquery syntax), however, since you're getting the count into gt1cnt, why not just use the variable?