Re: Can't use WITH in a PERFORM query in PL/pgSQL?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Valentine Gogichashvili <valgog(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Can't use WITH in a PERFORM query in PL/pgSQL?
Date: 2011-10-20 17:15:33
Message-ID: 25223.1319130933@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Valentine Gogichashvili <valgog(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> And, ernestly, if it were useless to have SELECT without INTO in plpgsql,
> there also would be no PERFORM command in plpgsql...

Precisely. Pavel's claim is nonsense. The only real question is how
useful is it to call it PERFORM instead of SELECT.

regards, tom lane

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