[GENERAL] INSERT doc discrepancy

[Kristo Kaiv]

INSERT INTO table [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
    { DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( { expression | DEFAULT } [, ...] )  
[, ...] | query }
    [ RETURNING * | output_expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...] ]
but it seems if i want to return the result into a record i have to  
use it with INTO clause in the end:

        INSERT INTO tablename (
             a
            ,b
            ,c
        ) VALUES (
             in_a
            ,in_b
            ,in_c
        ) RETURNING * INTO _r;

using either

        INSERT INTO tablename (
             a
            ,b
            ,c
        ) VALUES (
             in_a
            ,in_b
            ,in_c
        ) RETURNING  _r;

or

        INSERT INTO tablename (
             a
            ,b
            ,c
        ) VALUES (
             in_a
            ,in_b
            ,in_c
        ) RETURNING * AS _r;

didn't work on PostgreSQL 8.2.4

Kristo Kaiv
http://kaiv.wordpress.com (PostgreSQL blog)