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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-41265

SELECT/ UPDATE RETURNING INTO a single row-field fails with ER_WRONG_NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS_IN_SELECT, even though the column count matches

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open (View Workflow)
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • N/A
    • 13.2
    • Server
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    • Q4/2026 Server Maintenance

    Description

       
      CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b VARCHAR(10));
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (10,'b10');
       
      DELIMITER $$;
      CREATE PROCEDURE p1()
      BEGIN
        DECLARE r0 ROW (a INT, b VARCHAR(10));
        SELECT a INTO r0.a FROM t1;
        SELECT r0.a;
      END;
      $$
      DELIMITER ;$$
       
       
      --error ER_WRONG_NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS_IN_SELECT
      CALL p1;
      DROP PROCEDURE p1;
       
      DELIMITER $$;
      CREATE PROCEDURE p2()
      BEGIN
        DECLARE r0 ROW (a INT, b VARCHAR(10));
        UPDATE t1 SET a=a+1 RETURNING a INTO r0.a;
        SELECT r0.a;
      END;
      $$
      DELIMITER ;$$
       
      --error ER_WRONG_NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS_IN_SELECT
      CALL p2;
      DROP PROCEDURE p2;
       
      DROP TABLE t1;
      

      +note that the error is the same - "The used SELECT statements have a different number of columns" - for UPDATE also

      CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b VARCHAR(10));
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (10,'b10');
      CREATE PROCEDURE p1()
      BEGIN
      DECLARE r0 ROW (a INT, b VARCHAR(10));
      SELECT a INTO r0.a FROM t1;
      SELECT r0.a;
      END;
      $$
      CALL p1;
      ERROR 21000: The used SELECT statements have a different number of columns
      DROP PROCEDURE p1;
      CREATE PROCEDURE p2()
      BEGIN
      DECLARE r0 ROW (a INT, b VARCHAR(10));
      UPDATE t1 SET a=a+1 RETURNING a INTO r0.a;
      SELECT r0.a;
      END;
      $$
      CALL p2;
      ERROR 21000: The used SELECT statements have a different number of columns
      

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