Re: PL/pgSQL

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Wojciech Strzaka <wojtek_strzalka(at)interia(dot)pl>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL
Date: 2002-10-04 15:15:54
Message-ID: 200210041515.g94FFsu03120@candle.pha.pa.us
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Wojciech Strza?ka wrote:
> i've got a simple plsql function and this line is wrong:
>
> EXECUTE ''SELECT INTO lp MAX('' || column || '') AS MX FROM '' || table
> || '';'';
>
> with error message:
>
> "parse error at or near 'INTO' "
>
> it seems like it don't recognize SELECT INTO - but what's wrong?

In PL/pgSQL, you have to use CREATE TABLE ... AS because INTO has
another meaning in PL/pgSQL.

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