Re: SELECT INTO and ON COMMIT

From: Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Yves Dorfsman <yves(at)zioup(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SELECT INTO and ON COMMIT
Date: 2015-05-14 01:04:03
Message-ID: CANu8FiyFxVxBnPdeHK=3kU+HxRkfy09oh11yggvSBzVOO7J+6A@mail.gmail.com
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So perhaps replace the SQL SELECT INTO with SQL ADD INTO ?

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 06:05:43PM -0600, Yves Dorfsman wrote:
> >> Will `SELECT INTO` be deprecated? It is very convenient when writing
> pgplsql
> >> functions, to select into a record.
>
> > The pl/psql `SELECT INTO` is not related to the SQL SELECT INTO command
> > --- yeah, confusing, so no, the pl/psql ability is not deprecated.
>
> Part of the argument for deprecating the SQL-level SELECT INTO is
> exactly that it's confusingly spelled the same as plpgsql's SELECT INTO,
> but it means something totally different.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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