Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

2008-08-19 Thread Klint Gore
Dale Harris wrote: As per the original message: >I've got some code which postgres 8.3.3 won't accept. Postgres doesn't like the INTO clause on RETURNING INTO and I've tried following the documentation. > >UPDATE "EntityRelation" SET "Status" = inStatus, "Modified" = Session_TimeStamp(),

Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

2008-08-19 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Dale Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As per the original message: >>UPDATE "EntityRelation" SET "Status" = inStatus, "Modified" = >> Session_TimeStamp(), "ModifiedBy" = UserID() WHERE ("RelationID" = >> inRelationID) AND ("EntityID" = inEnityID) AND IsEqual(inR

Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

2008-08-19 Thread Dale Harris
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 20 August 2008 12:47 To: Dale Harris Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully Dale Harris wrote: > It works for the INSERT command, but not UPDATE. For the INSERT command, it >

Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

2008-08-19 Thread Klint Gore
Dale Harris wrote: It works for the INSERT command, but not UPDATE. For the INSERT command, it makes my code look neater and I image it's more efficient too. This time I am trying to UPDATE a field using a primary key, and return another field into a variable so that I can take necessary action

Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

2008-08-19 Thread Tom Lane
"Dale Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In the following documentation it advises that the UPDATE statement should > be able to return a value into a variable in plpgsql. > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql-statements.html > It works for the INSERT command, but not UPDATE. As w

Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

2008-08-19 Thread Dale Harris
Hi All, In the following documentation it advises that the UPDATE statement should be able to return a value into a variable in plpgsql. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql-statements.html It works for the INSERT command, but not UPDATE. For the INSERT command, it makes my code lo

Re: [GENERAL] can't get UPDATE ... RETURNING ... INTO ... to compile successfully

2008-08-18 Thread Lew
Dale wrote: Hi, I've got some code which postgres 8.3.3 won't accept. Postgres doesn't like the INTO clause on RETURNING INTO and I've tried following the documentation. UPDATE "EntityRelation" SET "Status" = inStatus, "Modified" = Session_TimeStamp(), "ModifiedBy" = UserID() WHERE ("RelationID