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
ncm@zembu.com