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-----
From: Pavel Stehule [mailto:pavel.stehule@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:59
To: Dale Harris
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] cannot use result of (insert .. returning)
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@jonkers.com.au>:
> 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.
