n Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 1:30 PM PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org> wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-insert.html > Description: > > It looks like INSERT INTO ... RETURNING allows defining a target for the > returned values like SELECT ... INTO does. > > This could be mentioned in the synopsis, or at least in the description of > "output_expression", maybe even garnished with an example. > > That isn't how it works. RETURNING simply turns INSERT into a result set producing SQL Command. And SQL doesn't have a concept of "target" (variables) in the sense you are thinking. pg/pgsql does, allowing result set data to be placed into variables. If you look you'll notice a corresponding lack of "INTO" on the SELECT Command reference page as well, for the same reason. David J.
