On 1/13/17 6:55 AM, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com
> <mailto:Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com>> wrote:
>
> On 1/11/17 5:54 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
> + <term><varname>too_many_rows</varname></term>
> + <listitem>
> + <para>
> + When result is assigned to a variable by
> <literal>INTO</literal> clause,
> + checks if query returns more than one row. In this case
> the assignment
> + is not deterministic usually - and it can be signal some
> issues in design.
>
>
> Shouldn't this also apply to
>
> var := blah FROM some_table WHERE ...;
>
> ?
>
> AIUI that's one of the beefs the plpgsql2 project has.
>
>
> No, not at all. That syntax is undocumented and only works because
> PL/PgSQL is a hack internally. We don't use it, and frankly I don't
> think anyone should.
This patch still applies cleanly and compiles at cccbdde.
--
-David
david@pgmasters.net
