2013/8/20 Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> > On 2013-08-20 14:15:55 +0200, David E. Wheeler wrote: > > 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. > > Not that that's elegant but IIRC PERFORM (WITH ...) ought to work. I > don't think the intermingled plpgsql/sql grammars allow a nice way right > now. >
+1 Pavel > > Greetings, > > Andres Freund > > -- > Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services >
