On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 09:14 +0100, Eugenio Tacchini wrote: > Hello, > I'm writing a function in PL/pgSQL and I would like to know if there > is a method to get the number of records in a result set, after a > select query, without executing the same query using COUNT(*). not sure what exactly you mean, but perhaps this could help? del_stime := timeofday(); execute del_qry; del_etime := timeofday(); GET DIAGNOSTICS del_rows = ROW_COUNT; This would get you the # of rows inserted into the destination table etc. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings