On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 02:34 -0600, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 10:00:35AM +0200, Mario Splivalo wrote:
> > PgSql8.1beta2 gives me this:
> >
> > ERROR: EXECUTE of SELECT ... INTO is not implemented yet
> > CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "_rndbroj" line 5 at execute statement
>
> Could you post a simple example of what you're trying to do? The
> following works for me in 8.1beta2 (from CVS):
>
> CREATE FUNCTION mycount(text) RETURNS bigint AS $$
> DECLARE
> query text;
> cnt bigint;
> BEGIN
> query := 'SELECT count(*) FROM ' || quote_ident($1);
> EXECUTE query INTO cnt;
> RETURN cnt;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Yes, it's my fault. I was testing it on pg7.4. On 8.1beta2 works as you
explained. Though it would be realy nice to be able to do
var := col FROM tempTable WHERE condition
withouth EXECUTE'ing and stuff.
Sorry for the fuss I might have created.
Mario
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