Hi Pavel, Thank you for your reply, but in this case the “INSERT
INTO ... RETURNING field,... INTO STRICT variable,...;” is what
works best for me currently. Regards, Dale Harris -----Original Message----- Hello you can wrap INSERT STATEMENT into function. Than you can
do anything with result; create table f(a timestamp); postgres=# select * from (insert into f
values(current_timestamp) returning *) x where x.a > now(); ERROR: syntax error at or near "into" LINE 1: select * from (insert into f
values(current_timestamp) retur... ^ create or replace function if() returns setof f as
$$begin return query insert into f values(current_timestamp) returning
*; return; end$$ language plpgsql; postgres=# select * from if() where a > now(); a --- (0 rows) regards Pavel Stehule 2008/8/14 Dale Harris <itsupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello, > > > > I'm having the same issues as dvs had in message
thread > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2008-05/msg01117.php
as I want > to be able to use the result from an INSERT INTO
table(...) VALUES(...) > RETURNING new_row_ID. > > > > I would ideally like to be able to capture the
RETURNING value into a > variable to use immediately. Does anyone have a
solution? > > > > Dale. |