From: Bricklen Anderson <banderson@presinet.com>
To: KeithW@narrowpathinc.com
Cc: PostgreSQL SQL <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: "CASE" is not a variable
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:48:31 -0700
Message-ID: <44A2C0EF.3@presinet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060628173010.M51266@narrowpathinc.com>
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Keith Worthington wrote:
>>> "Keith Worthington" <keithw@narrowpathinc.com> writes:
>>> The following is a section of code inside an SQL function.
>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:16:29 -0400, Tom Lane wrote
>> SQL, or plpgsql? It looks to me like misuse of the plpgsql INTO clause
>> (there can be only one).
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>
> plpgsql
>
> This is part of a function inside a v8.0.2 database.
>
> I didn't realize that the INTO clause was only limited to one instance. I was
> trying to accomplish
>
> SELECT col_a INTO var1,
> col_b INTO var2,
> col_c INTO var3,
> ...
> FROM foo
> WHERE fobar;
>
> Kind Regards,
> Keith
try it like
select col_a,col_b,col_c INTO va1,var2,var3 ....
not sure if 8.0.2 allows you to do that, however.
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