Variables in Postgresql - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tomas Eriksson
Subject Variables in Postgresql
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Msg-id 9fgaha$2409$1@news.tht.net
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Responses Re: Variables in Postgresql  (Alex Pilosov <alex@pilosoft.com>)
Re: Variables in Postgresql  (Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb6@sdf.lonestar.org>)
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Hi.

I haven't seen any documentation about this, how do you use variables in a
simple way in postgresql? I want to use same sequence number in a dynamic
query from Perl.

When i'm using MSSQL i can do like this in a single query

"DECLARE @owner INT
INSERT maintable (fields) VALUES (...)
SELECT @owner = @@IDENTITY
INSERT subtable (fields) VALUES (@owner, ...)"

How does I save a value and using it later in the query..?

kind regards
Tomas



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