Return result from autonomous transaction

[trourance]

Hi,

I'm trying to use this extension in PostgreSQL 9.5.7 to import bulk data from mysql tables. I have a piece of plpsql code that loops and calls a function which is responsible to insert the data and should return the number of records inserted. SELECT * INTO v_counter FROM pg_background_result(pg_background_launch('SELECT insert_data(...)')) AS (res integer);

Then the insert function looks like that:

BEGIN
    INSERT INTO table (....)
    SELECT .... FROM ...
    WHERE ...
    ORDER BY ...;

    GET DIAGNOSTICS v_ct = ROW_COUNT;

    RETURN v_ct;
END;

When I call this function like that, nothing is inserted and the value returned in v_ct is always 0. However, if I modify the insert function and display the value in v_ct variable before it returns, then it works as expected.

BEGIN
    INSERT INTO table (....)
    SELECT .... FROM ...
    WHERE ...
    ORDER BY ...;

    GET DIAGNOSTICS v_ct = ROW_COUNT;

    RAISE NOTICE '%', v_ct;

    RETURN v_ct;
END;

That's weird, is there anything I haven't understood correctly ?

[trourance]

The problem is my code or in the way the extension is coded. The function called with pg_background does not see the data in the table populated by the plpgsql function the first time that I run it.