Re: plpgsql arrays

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, justin wrote:
>> What would be the syntax for putting a single row from a cursor into a
>> variable? I have tried:
>>
>> FETCH INTO left left_cursor;
>>
>> which says syntax error, and
>>
>> left = FETCH left_cursor;
>>
>> which gives the error 'ERROR: missing datatype declaration at or near "="'
>
> Have to declare Left variable as record data type declaration part of the
> function

It is.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION overlap_gene_primer() RETURNS SETOF RECORD AS $$
DECLARE
left location;
retval RECORD;
BEGIN
DECLARE left_cursor NO SCROLL CURSOR FOR SELECT location FROM location, gene WHERE location.id = gene.id ORDER BY objectid, start, end;
left = FETCH left_cursor;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Matthew

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