2013/8/20 David E. Wheeler <da...@justatheory.com> > Hi Pavel, > > On Aug 20, 2013, at 2:11 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> david=# DO $$ > >> david$# BEGIN > >> david$# WITH now AS (SELECT now()) > >> david$# PERFORM * from now; > >> david$# END; > >> david$# $$; > >> ERROR: syntax error at or near "PERFORM" > >> LINE 4: PERFORM * from now; > >> ^ > >> Parser bug in PL/pgSQL, perhaps? > > > > no > > > > you cannot use a PL/pgSQL statement inside SQL statement. > > Well, there ought to be *some* way to tell PL/pgSQL to discard the result. > Right now I am adding a variable to select into but never otherwise use. > Inelegant, IMHO. Perhaps I’m missing some other way to do it? > > If so, it would help if the hint suggesting the use of PERFORM pointed to > such alternatives. >
postgres=# DO $$ BEGIN PERFORM * FROM (WITH now AS (SELECT now()) SELECT * from now) x; END; $$; DO postgres=# Regards Pavel > > Best, > > David > >
