Re: A question about PL/pgSQL DECLAREd variable behavior

From: Dane Foster <studdugie(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>
Cc: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: A question about PL/pgSQL DECLAREd variable behavior
Date: 2015-10-22 21:27:52
Message-ID: CA+WxinJNbR6Pg_yJuJLvntJRkv9r8XYrDKhxEg2OwuuP_TdDSg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com> wrote:

> On 10/21/15 9:32 PM, Dane Foster wrote:
>
>> "If STRICT is not specified in the INTO clause, then target will be
>> set to the first row returned by the query, or to nulls if the query
>> returned no rows."
>>
>> ​Foot removed from mouth.
>>
>
> Note however that there's some unexpected things when checking whether a
> record variable IS (NOT) NULL. It's not as simple as 'has the variable been
> set or not'.
> --
> Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
> Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL
> Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com
>

​​Please elaborate. I'm entirely new to PL/pgSQL so the more details you
can provide the better.​

Thanks,

Dane

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