Re: PL/pgsql EXECUTE 'SELECT INTO ...'

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:15:02PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I have looked a little bit at what it'd take to make SELECT INTO inside
> an EXECUTE work the same as it does in plain plpgsql  ...
> If we do nothing now, and then implement this feature in 7.2, we will
> have a backwards compatibility problem: EXECUTE 'SELECT INTO ...'
> will completely change in meaning.
> 
> I am inclined to keep our options open by forbidding EXECUTE 'SELECT
> INTO ...' for now. ... if [not] I think we'll regret it later.

I agree, disable it.  But put a backpatch into contrib along with 
a reference to this last e-mail.  Anybody who cares enough can
apply the patch, and will be prepared for the incompatibility.

Nathan Myers
ncm@zembu.com