Re: Using results from DELETE ... RETURNING

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>, Shak <sshaikh(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using results from DELETE ... RETURNING
Date: 2009-06-05 23:13:43
Message-ID: 14259.1244243623@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I think you can loop over the results in plpgsql, for instance

> also sql functions can direct 'returning' results directly to the
> return of the function (at least in 8.4).

That bit is new in 8.4, which is why I didn't mention it. But I think
the plpgsql loop way works further back.

regards, tom lane

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