Does Oracle have a syntax for this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert Treat wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 19:06, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Robert Treat wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 15:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > FOR myrec IN EXECUTE myinfo LOOP > > > > biglist := myrec.info; > > > > END LOOP; > > > > > > One other thing, I hate when I have to do things like the above, can we > > > get a TODO like: > > > > > > allow 'EXECUTE var INTO record' in plpgsql > > > > So the TODO would be? > > > > Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single record outside a loop > > that's what I wrote, but not what I meant :-) I do like the sound of it > though, but really what I meant to say was: > EXECUTE var1 INTO var2 > but this assumes a number of things, namely that executing var1 will return > only one field, and one row. I guess that would be: > Allow PL/pgSQL EXECUTE to return a single variable outside a loop > > Robert Treat > -- > Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html