Re: plpgsql - Insert from a record variable?

--- Phil Endecott <__> wrote:
> Dear Postgresql experts,
>
> I'm writing a simple plpgsql function that selects a row from a
> table, modifies it slightly, and inserts the modified version. This
> sounds simple, but I can't find how to do the insert in a simple
> generic fashion: although SELECT has a form that puts the result in a
> record variable, INSERT doesn't seem to have anything similar.
>
> What I'd like to be able to write is something like this:
>
> DECLARE
> R RECORD;
> BEGIN
> SELECT * INTO R FROM TABLE WHERE id=n;
> R.something := x;
> INSERT INTO TABLE R;
> END

I'm not sure if it will work, but have you tried either two of these
forms?
--
declare r record;

begin
select * into r from table where id = n;
r.something := x;
insert into table select r;
end;
--
declare r record;

begin
select * into r from table where id = n;
r.something := x;
insert into table select r.*;
end;

>
> But as far as I can see the only syntax that is allowed for INSERT is
> the normal INSERT INTO TABLE (x,y,z) VALUES (a,b,c). To achieve what
> I want to do I'd need to iterate over the fields of the record (how?)
> and build up the string of the INSERT query.
>
> It seems odd that SELECT can use a record variable but INSERT can't,
> so I wonder if I have missed something. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.
>
> Regards,
>
> --Phil.
>
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regards,

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Riccardo G. Facchini