On Fri, 2018-02-16 at 05:40 -0700, David G. Johnston wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 5:31 AM, mariusz <marius@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > so, if there is a reason for such a construct and it does > something i > didn't notice, please let me know what is the purpose of > keyword RETURN > after a valid statement. > > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/plpgsql-control-structures.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-RETURNING > yes, i know what RETURN does and when it does not exit from function (like RETURN NEXT or RETURN QUERY), i know that part of docs, even read that again and again before sending, but i must be blind, because i cannot see any mention of <statement> RETURN; where that RETURN keyword does nothing (note the lack of ; before return) maybe knowing all that i just pass the docs too fast, but i honestly cannot see why is this allowed. the only similar thing which comes to my mind is a statement with RETURNING ... clause within cte, but it's not the case here (nor the same spelling) regards, mj