Re: Can't use WITH in a PERFORM query in PL/pgSQL?

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Well, this problem isn't isolated to WITH queries:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0test=3D> do
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0$$begin
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0perform(
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0select 1 UNION ALL select 1
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0);
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0end$$;
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ERROR: =A0more than one row returned by a subquery used as=
 an expression
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0test=3D> do
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0$$begin
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0perform(
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0select relname from pg_class
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0);
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0end$$;
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ERROR: =A0more than one row returned by a subquery used as=
 an expression
>

Based on previous experience with PL/pgsql, my understanding is that
PL/pgsql basically replaces "perform" with "select" to get the query
that it actually runs.  You'd get the same error from:

rhaas=3D# select (select relname from pg_class);
ERROR:  more than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression

I've never really liked this behavior, but I don't have a clear idea
what to do about it.

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Robert Haas
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