Re: regarding select into

surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in ("surabhi.ahuja") wrote in
news:967CFC4343BF2A4DAFACD026D33DC85118EC70(at)jal(dot)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in:

> Hello,
>
> Is it not possible to write such an sql statement:
>
> select ser into val1, count(*) into val2 from tab1 where id = $1;
>
> do i need to perform the 2 selects separately ..wont that impact the
performance?
>
> in the table tab1, id is the primary key.
>

Pleas don't attach html to your e-mails.
(Normally you should be able to turn that functionality off).

Your question might be unclear.
I might be wrong but is it a PG/pgSQL funtion you are writing?

In that case i think you can use:

select into val1,val2 ser,count(*) from tab1 where id = $1;

(found in chapter "37.6.2 Select into" in my 7.4.2 documentation:

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Rolf