Re: Function result using execute

Paul Lambert <paul(dot)lambert(at)reynolds(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> The relevant part of the code looks like thus:
> EXECUTE curr_query INTO curr_amount;
> RAISE NOTICE '%',curr_amount;
> IF NOT FOUND THEN
> curr_amount=0;
> END IF;

> ... which suggests to me that although the
> execute has populated the curr_amount field with something, the IF NOT
> FOUND is always firing.

IIRC, the EXECUTE command does not change FOUND --- leastwise it's not
listed as one of the plpgsql commands that do set FOUND.

Do you really need an EXECUTE? If so, maybe you could restructure this
using a FOR ... IN EXECUTE, or some such thing.

> therefore I just be using a test of IF curr_amount IS NOT NULL?

Well, that might work. Have you thought through the corner case
where the query does find a row but the field's value is null?

regards, tom lane