Re: plpgsql EXECUTE will not set FOUND

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, PGDG <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: plpgsql EXECUTE will not set FOUND
Date: 2009-10-23 15:46:37
Message-ID: b42b73150910230846v2d53143ag2595544077a5426e@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Kevin Grittner
<Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> Any change here is *not* a bug fix, it is a change of clearly
>> documented and not-obviously-unreasonable behavior.  We have to take
>> seriously the likelihood that it will break existing code.
>
> Perhaps plpgsql could support tests of SQLSTATE, and recognize '02000'
> (the standard value for "zero rows affected") to support the desired
> new semantics?

+1

I rarely use found because it's dangerous ...would be nice to have a
more rigorous test...

merlin

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