Andy Colson <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > An assignment of a value to a PL/pgSQL variable or row/record field is > written as: > variable := expression; > Notice I just use = and not :=. > My question is, is there a difference? It seems to work both ways, so > I'm a little confused. Yeah, plpgsql actually allows both, but it's not documented. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend