Re: how to insert multiple rows and get the ids back in a temp table (pgplsql)?

[Bret Green <bret.green@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks
Any solution without cursors perhaps?

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From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bret Green <bret.green@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, September 19, 2010 7:12:51 AM
Subject: Re: how to insert multiple rows and get the ids back in a temp table (pgplsql)?

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 06:43:49PM -0700, Bret Green wrote:
> how can I do the following in plpgsql?
> insert multiple rows in a table
> get the ids (serial) into a temp table (not the client)

for temprec in insert into table (x) select y from z returning id loop
    insert into temp teable (q) values (temprec.id);
end loop;

Best regards,

depesz

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