Re: can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

"Dale Harris" <itsupport@jonkers.com.au> writes:
> In the following documentation it advises that the UPDATE statement should
> be able to return a value into a variable in plpgsql.
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql-statements.html
> It works for the INSERT command, but not UPDATE.

As was already suggested, if you want help on this you are going to need
to exhibit a complete problem case.  Blanket assertions that are
demonstrably false don't advance the cause for anyone.

            regards, tom lane