Re: [HACKERS] PL/PgSQL GET DIAGNOSTICS command

[Ross J. Reedstrom]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 12:04:08PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I see the new PL/PgSQL command:
> 
>       GET DIAGNOSTICS
> 
> This seems like a poorly-worded command to me.  It is meant to return
> the number of rows affected by a previous query, right?

Among other things, eventually. You get to blame the SQL standards
committee, again:


wallace$ grep 'GET DIAGNOSTICS' sql1992.txt
              GET DIAGNOSTICS <sql diagnostics information>

Ross