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<chapter>
An assignment of a complete selection into a record or row can
be done by
<programlisting>
-SELECT <replaceable>expressions</replaceable> INTO <replaceable>target</replaceable> FROM ...;
+SELECT INTO <replaceable>target</replaceable> <replaceable>expressions</replaceable> FROM ...;
</programlisting>
<replaceable>target</replaceable> can be a record, a row variable or a
comma separated list of variables and record-/row-fields.
immediately after a SELECT INTO to check if an assignment had success.
<programlisting>
-SELECT * INTO myrec FROM EMP WHERE empname = myname;
+SELECT INTO myrec * FROM EMP WHERE empname = myname;
IF NOT FOUND THEN
RAISE EXCEPTION ''employee % not found'', myname;
END IF;