Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In short, why isn't the 
> following legal in a PL/pgsql procedure:

> NEW.user_name := (SHOW uservars.user_name);

Because that isn't a legal SQL subexpression.  (This isn't really the
approved way of using SELECT, either, since what you're writing is
a redundant sub-SELECT.)  It seems that this works in recent plpgsql
versions, FWIW:

        show autovacuum into r;

                        regards, tom lane

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