Wow thanks to all that replied - you folks are correct. The "_p" and the
others are vars.
_p RECORD;
I won't forget that one for a long time (however, I do drink :-))
Johnf
On Friday 09 April 2010 10:32:51 am Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hello
>
> 2010/4/9 John :
> > Hi,
> > I am reviewing a function
Hello
2010/4/9 John :
> Hi,
> I am reviewing a function written by some xTuple guys. What is interesting
> about it is it uses the "INTO" statement like
>
> select something into _p from sometable where somecriteria.
>
> The function contiunes and uses the data retreived
> _p.somefield_name
>
> A
Johnf,
I would think that the _p, _test, _r etc are local variables within the
procedure/function and this is the way that the value (from the select) gets
assigned to that local variable.
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