Array from INSERT .. RETURNING in plpgsql? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Erik Jones
Subject Array from INSERT .. RETURNING in plpgsql?
Date
Msg-id B9125BC2-D3BD-470A-8116-B31C317611FA@engineyard.com
Whole thread Raw
Responses Re: Array from INSERT .. RETURNING in plpgsql?  ("Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-sql
Ok, so the following works:

pagila=# select array(select s.i from generate_series(1, 10) s(i));          ?column?  ------------------------
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}           (1 row)

but this doesn't:

pagila=# create or replace function testfun() returns void as $$
declare    vals int[];    query text;
begin    query := 'insert into test select s.i from generate_series(1,10)  
s(i) returning i;';    execute query into vals;    raise notice 'vals dim: %', array_upper(vals, 1);    raise notice
'vals[3]:%', vals[3];
 
end;
$$ language plpgsql;
CREATE FUNCTION
Time: 3.319 ms
pagila=# select testfun();
ERROR:  array value must start with "{" or dimension information
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "testfun" line 6 at execute statement

Is there any way to do what I'm trying without explicity looping over  
the results of the insert?

Erik Jones, Database Administrator
Engine Yard
Support, Scalability, Reliability
(415) 963-4410 x 260
Location: US/Pacific
IRC: mage2k






pgsql-sql by date:

Previous
From: "Harold A. Giménez Ch."
Date:
Subject: Re: pg_dump more than one table in one command?
Next
From: "Pavel Stehule"
Date:
Subject: Re: Array from INSERT .. RETURNING in plpgsql?