On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:00 PM, Jasbinder Singh Bali wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the following statement in my plpgsql function
>
> SELECT INTO no_rows COUNT(*) FROM tbl_concurrent;
>
> I have decalred no_rows int4 and initialized it to zero
>
> Running the function throws the following error:
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "(" at character 13
> QUERY: SELECT $1 (*) FROM tbl_concurrent
> CONTEXT: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function
> "sp_insert_tbl_concurrent" near line 8
>
>
> If i comment this count(*) line, the error goes.
>
> I don't know why isn't count(*) working
SELECT COUNT(*) INTO no_rows FROM tbl_concurrent;
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