Re: [SQL] Question about SQL Control Structure(if then, for loop)

2006-05-18 Thread Michael Artz
SELECT 'test' FROM SELECT 'test' FROM generate_series(1,10);Sorry, thought faster than I could type :)-Mike

Re: [SQL] Question about SQL Control Structure(if then, for loop)

2006-05-18 Thread Michael Artz
If you're control is that simple, you can write similar statements in pure SQL: RDM=# for i in 1 .. 10 loopRDM-# select "test"RDM-# end loop;ERROR:  syntax error at or near "for" at character 1LINE 1: for i in 1 .. 10 loop SELECT 'test' FROM RDM=# if exits ( select * from testtable)RDM-# thenRDM-#

Re: [SQL] Question about SQL Control Structure(if then, for loop)

2006-05-17 Thread A. Kretschmer
am 16.05.2006, um 21:51:45 -0400 mailte Jay Chiu folgendes: > Can someone tell me how to use if/for in psql? The document In plain SQL isn't if, then, else and so on. > shows the control structures in the PL/pgSQL section. Must I use > if/for inside some procedure/function? Yes. HTH, Andreas