Re: About EXECUTE in pl/pgsql

Tom Lane wrote:
> "jack" <datactrl(at)tpg(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > I do following in pl/pgsql. (st1 has been set to "LIKE 'abc%' ")
>
> > EXECUTE
> > ''CREATE TEMP TABLE comuser AS '' ||
> > ''SELECT * FROM comt_user1 WHERE username ''||St1||
> > ''ORDER BY username;'';
>
> > I've got "ERROR: EXECUTE ..SELECT INTO hasn't impletmented", How can??
>
> Ooops :-(. That check was intended to prevent SELECT ... INTO table
> from being used in EXECUTE, mainly because of the confusion factor
> (SELECT INTO in plpgsql doesn't mean what it means in SQL, but the
> SQL interpretation is what you'd get from EXECUTE).
>
> However, the check wasn't intended to trigger on CREATE AS.
>
> I've stuck a quick fix into the current sources. Should be in 7.2.1.

CVS current and 7.2.X CVS HISTORY/release.sgml updated with:

Allow CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT in PL/PgSQL (Tom)

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