Re: query has no destination for result data

On Friday 23 April 2010, Patta <pmuthuz(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a beginner in postgresql. I get the below error. Could you help me
> to fix this one?
>
> ERROR: query has no destination for result data
> HINT: If you want to discard the results of a SELECT, use PERFORM
> instead. CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "insertcommjunction1" line 7 at SQL
> statement
>
> The function is as follows.
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test()
> RETURNS text AS
> $BODY$
> DECLARE
> query_rec record;
> idxfti tsvector;
> c1 cursor for select * from <table>;
> Begin
> open c1;
> Loop
> fetch c1 into query_rec;
> begin
> raise notice 'Record %', query_rec.field1;
> end;
> End loop;
> Return 'ok';
> end;
> $BODY$
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

Just do something like:

FOR query_rec IN SELECT * FROM <table>
LOOP
... actions
END LOOP;

pl/pgsql will use a cursor internally without you worrying about it.

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