Re: 8.2: select from an INSERT returning?

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.2: select from an INSERT returning?
Date: 2006-09-20 18:01:38
Message-ID: 20060920180138.GB21113@fetter.org
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 01:42:59PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> writes:
> > I was trying to use an INSERT ... RETURNING as a subselect in 8.2. Is
> > that possible?
>
> No.

What would be involved in making INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE ... RETURNING be
on the same level as other table-like things such as VALUES (...),
..., (...)?

Cheers,
D
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