Re: plpgsql select into

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Roger Mason <rmason(at)mun(dot)ca>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: plpgsql select into
Date: 2021-08-20 14:13:47
Message-ID: 6af818d092cf9afb1f7228bca0cbab03ae17bf4d.camel@cybertec.at
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On Fri, 2021-08-20 at 08:08 -0230, Roger Mason wrote:
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_info (id text)
> RETURNS TABLE (
> tabular_info text
> )
> AS $function$
> BEGIN
> RETURN query WITH a AS (
> SELECT
> regexp_split_to_table(info_out, '\n') AS info
> FROM
> public.results
> WHERE
> public.results.jid = id
> )
> SELECT
> * INTO tabular_info
> FROM
> a RETURN;
> END;
> $function$
> LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> I execute the function:
>
> select get_info('1043_1');
>
> ERROR: cannot open SELECT query as cursor
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function get_info(text) line 3 at RETURN QUERY

Omit "INTO tabular_info" from the query.
RETURN QUERY already is a destination for the query result.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
--
Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

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