| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | dpandey(at)secf(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: 'Select INTO" in Execute (dynamic query ) |
| Date: | 2005-04-18 17:26:49 |
| Message-ID: | 23848.1113845209@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Dinesh Pandey" <dpandey(at)secf(dot)com> writes:
> What's wrong with this code (ERROR: syntax error at or near "INTO" at
> character 8)?
You can't use plpgsql's SELECT INTO in an EXECUTE'd command, because
SELECT INTO means something entirely different to the main SQL engine.
The usual workaround is to use FOR ... IN EXECUTE. See the plpgsql docs.
regards, tom lane
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