Re: BUG #17272: Incorrect syntax parsed - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> Formally, the INTO should always precede the FROM keyword in a SELECT INTO
> statement. ( https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/sql-selectinto.html )

That is not the appropriate reference for plpgsql's version of
SELECT INTO.  You should be reading

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-SQL-ONEROW

which explains plpgsql's rules for where to put INTO.

            regards, tom lane