SQL "RETURNING * | output_expression [ [ AS ]" is wrong

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Subject: SQL "RETURNING * | output_expression [ [ AS ]" is wrong
Date: 2022-03-21 10:09:55
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Hi! AFAIK, UPDATE .... RETURNING works with INTO varname, not AS

Documentation says:
UPDATE
[ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] with_query [, ...] ]
UPDATE [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ] [ [ AS ] alias ]
SET { column_name = { expression | DEFAULT } |
( column_name [, ...] ) = [ ROW ] ( { expression | DEFAULT } [,
...] ) |
( column_name [, ...] ) = ( sub-SELECT )
} [, ...]
[ FROM from_item [, ...] ]
[ WHERE condition | WHERE CURRENT OF cursor_name ]
[ RETURNING * | output_expression [ [ AS ] output_name ] [, ...] ]

BUT it does not work, it does:
UPDATE
[ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] with_query [, ...] ]
UPDATE [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ] [ [ AS ] alias ]
SET { column_name = { expression | DEFAULT } |
( column_name [, ...] ) = [ ROW ] ( { expression | DEFAULT } [,
...] ) |
( column_name [, ...] ) = ( sub-SELECT )
} [, ...]
[ FROM from_item [, ...] ]
[ WHERE condition | WHERE CURRENT OF cursor_name ]
[ RETURNING * | output_expression [ [ INTO ] output_name ] [, ...] ]

Regards,
Miguel.

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