Cannot SELECT from UPDATE RETURNING clause in postgres

Question

I isolatet the problem from a much more complex query. Here the test scenario

DROP TABLE test; 
CREATE TABLE test (
  id integer,
  description varchar(100)
         


        

Answer 1

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_tab;

CREATE TABLE test_tab (
  id integer,
  description varchar(100)
);

INSERT INTO test_tab(id, description) VALUES (1,'new'); 
INSERT INTO test_tab(id, description) VALUES (2,'new'); 

SELECT * from test_tab;

DO $$
DECLARE
    myID    test_tab.id%TYPE;
    testID  test_tab.id%TYPE;
    cur_IDs CURSOR for select id from test_tab;
BEGIN
    OPEN cur_IDs;
    LOOP
        FETCH cur_IDs into testID;
        EXIT WHEN testID is NULL;

        UPDATE test_tab SET description='test' WHERE id = testID RETURNING id into myID;
        raise notice 'myID %', myID;
    END LOOP;
    CLOSE cur_IDs;
END$$;


DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_tab;