"Karl O. Pinc" <kop@xxxxxxxx> writes: > ... It just seemed a little wierd > not to have the %ROWTYPE because AFIK you need it when declaring > in plpgsql's DECLARE No, you don't, as 36.4.3 says perfectly clearly. %ROWTYPE is an Oracle-ism that we support inside plpgsql, but not elsewhere. regards, tom lane