On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:15:02PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > I have looked a little bit at what it'd take to make SELECT INTO inside > an EXECUTE work the same as it does in plain plpgsql ... > If we do nothing now, and then implement this feature in 7.2, we will > have a backwards compatibility problem: EXECUTE 'SELECT INTO ...' > will completely change in meaning. > > I am inclined to keep our options open by forbidding EXECUTE 'SELECT > INTO ...' for now. ... if [not] I think we'll regret it later. I agree, disable it. But put a backpatch into contrib along with a reference to this last e-mail. Anybody who cares enough can apply the patch, and will be prepared for the incompatibility. Nathan Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
