Re: Executing dynamic queries (EXECUTE) - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tomasz Myrta
Subject Re: Executing dynamic queries (EXECUTE)
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Msg-id 401D56E6.7080700@klaster.net
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In response to Executing dynamic queries (EXECUTE)  ("Carla Mello" <carla.mello@widesoft.com.br>)
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Dnia 2004-01-27 16:25, Użytkownik Carla Mello napisał:
> 
>     Hello!
>      
>     I need to execute a dynamic query and capture your result in a
>     integer variable.
>      
>     I´m using the statement "EXECUTE string", but I don´t obtain to
>     capture the result of dynamic query.
>           v_count:= EXECUTE v_query;

Documentation:
19.5.4. Executing dynamic queries

"The results from SELECT queries are discarded by EXECUTE, and SELECT 
INTO is not currently supported within EXECUTE. So, the only way to 
extract a result from a dynamically-created SELECT is to use the 
FOR-IN-EXECUTE form described later."

Regards,
Tomasz Myrta


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