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Re: PL/pgSQL: SELECT INTO only if result count = 1

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On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:36:14 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <postgresql6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> SELECT INTO
>> country_id, region_id, town_id
>> country_fk, region_fk, id
>> FROM town
>> WHERE ...; 
>
>> GET DIAGNOSTICS cnt = ROW_COUNT; 
>> RAISE DEBUG 'COUNT %', cnt;
> 
>> always returns 1
>
>Yeah.  By default, SELECT INTO just fetches one row and stops;
>it doesn't look to see if there are more.
>
>You could possibly use SELECT INTO STRICT and catch the error if
>there's more than one row. 

What a life saver late on a Saturday night! That does the trick.

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Best Regards,
Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz

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