"Karl O. Pinc" <kop@meme.com> writes:
> ... It just seemed a little wierd
> not to have the %ROWTYPE because AFIK you need it when declaring
> in plpgsql's DECLARE
No, you don't, as 36.4.3 says perfectly clearly. %ROWTYPE is an
Oracle-ism that we support inside plpgsql, but not elsewhere.
regards, tom lane