Kristo Kaiv wrote:
> INSERT INTO table [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
> { DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( { expression | DEFAULT } [, ...] ) [, ...]
> | query }
> [ RETURNING * | output_expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...] ]
>
> but it seems if i want to return the result into a record i have to use it
> with INTO clause in the end:
>
> INSERT INTO tablename (
> a
> ,b
> ,c
> ) VALUES (
> in_a
> ,in_b
> ,in_c
> ) RETURNING * INTO _r;
Where's the discrepancy? INTO is not supported in the RETURNING clause.
... thinks for a while ...
Ah, you are using it in plpgsql! OK, but the explanation to the
discrepancy is that the second INTO is not part of the SQL sentence;
it's plpgsql only, and is parsed by its internal parser, so not really
part of the SQL grammar.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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