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Assignment Statements

Updated on 2024-05-07 GMT+08:00

Variable Syntax

Figure 1 shows the syntax diagram for assigning a value to a variable.

Figure 1 assignment_value::=

The above syntax diagram is explained as follows:

  • variable_name indicates the name of a variable.
  • value can be a value or an expression. The type of value must be compatible with the type of variable_name.

Example:

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gaussdb=# DECLARE
    emp_id  INTEGER := 7788; --Assignment
BEGIN
    emp_id := 5; --Assignment
    emp_id := 5*7784;
END;
/
ANONYMOUS BLOCK EXECUTE

Nested Value Assignment

Figure 2 shows the syntax diagram for assigning a nested value to a variable.

Figure 2 nested_assignment_value::=

The syntax in Figure 2 is described as follows:

  • variable_name: variable name
  • col_name: column name
  • subscript: subscript, which is used for an array variable. The value can be a value or an expression and must be of the int type.
  • value: value or expression. The type of value must be compatible with the type of variable_name.

Example:

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gaussdb=# CREATE TYPE o1 as (a int, b int);
CREATE TYPE
gaussdb=# DECLARE
    TYPE r1 is VARRAY(10) of o1;
    emp_id  r1;
BEGIN
    emp_id(1).a := 5;-- Assign a value.
    emp_id(1).b := 5*7784;
END;
/
ANONYMOUS BLOCK EXECUTE
NOTICE:

In INTO mode, values can be assigned only to the columns at the first layer. Two-dimensional or above arrays are not supported.

INTO/BULK COLLECT INTO

  • Values returned by statements in a stored procedure are stored in variables. BULK COLLECT INTO allows some or all returned values to be temporarily stored in an array.
  • An empty result set can be returned.

Syntax

SELECT select_expressions INTO [STRICT] target FROM ...
SELECT INTO [STRICT] target expression [FROM ..]
NOTE:
  • You can use basic SQL commands and INTO clauses to assign the result of a single row or multiple columns to a variable (such as record, row , or scalar variable list).
  • The target parameter can be a record variable, a row variable, or a comma-separated list of simple variables and record/row fields.
  • STRICT option

    If the set behavior_compat_options is set to 'select_into_return_null' (disabled by default) and the STRICT option is specified, the query must return a non-empty result set. Otherwise, an error is reported: "NO_DATA_FOUND", "TOO_MANY_ROWS" or "QUERY_RETURNED_NO_ROWS". If the STRICT option is not specified, the empty result set can be returned.

Example:
gaussdb=# create table customers(id int);
CREATE TABLE

gaussdb=# insert into customers values(1);
INSERT 0 1

gaussdb=# DECLARE
    my_id integer;
BEGIN
    select id into my_id from customers limit 1; -- Assign a value.
END;
/
ANONYMOUS BLOCK EXECUTE

gaussdb=# DECLARE
    type id_list is varray(6) of customers.id%type;
    id_arr id_list;
BEGIN
    select id bulk collect into id_arr from customers order by id DESC limit 20; -- Assign values in batches.
END;
/
ANONYMOUS BLOCK EXECUTE

gaussdb=# CREATE TABLE test(a integer);
CREATE TABLE
gaussdb=# insert into test values(1);
INSERT 0 1
gaussdb=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_test() RETURNS integer
    language plpgsql
    AS $function$
    DECLARE
     b integer;
    BEGIN
	    SELECT INTO b a FROM test WHERE a=1; -- Return an empty result set.
            RETURN b;
    END;
    $function$;
gaussdb=# SELECT check_test();
 check_test 
------------
          1
(1 row)
NOTICE:
  • BULK COLLECT INTO can only assign values to arrays or collections in batches. The collection type uses LIMIT properly to prevent performance deterioration caused by excessive operations on data.
  • INTO and BULK COLLECT INTO supports only direct nesting of record type value with less than four layers.
  • To return an empty result set, you need to enable PostgreSQL compatibility mode during database initialization. Set set behavior_compat_options to 'select_into_return_null', the compatibility mode is enabled. If the GUC parameter set behavior_compat_options is not set, the compatibility mode is disabled.
  • For array variables, elements in parentheses () are preferentially identified as index sets. Therefore, expressions with parentheses cannot be written after array variables. For example, select (1+3) into va(5) cannot be written as select into va(5) (1+3) or select into va[5] (1+3).
  • INSERT INTO, UPDATE INTO, DELETE INTO and EXECUTION INTO cannot return an empty result set.
  • Multiple variables are failed to be assigned values because the syntax of the subsequent variables is incorrect.

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