Re: PROBLEM WITH FUNCTIONS

Thank Randall

this  select * from get_unidades(10, 1, 15, 17);

work very good

thank, very much

Muchas, Muchas gracias
un gran saludo desde chile

Mario

> Mario,
>
> If your function returns a record, you have to treat it like it's a
> relation (table).  So you don't select it, you select from it.
>
> Try:
>
> select * from get_unidades(10, 1, 15, 17);
>
> Also you may have to give it an explicit variable list such as:
>
> select * from get_unidades(10,1,15,17) as (codigo numeric(3,0),
> descripcion text);
>
> Best,
>
> Randall
>
> On Monday, April 21, 2003, at 05:38 PM, Mario Alberto Soto Cordones
> wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> i have a problem with a function.
>>
>> i create a type unidades
>>    CREATE TYPE unidades AS (codigo numeric(3,0),
>>                             descripcion text);
>>
>> and i create a function get_unidades
>>     CREATE FUNCTION get_unidades(int4, int4, int4, int4) RETURNS
>> typeof
>> unidades AS '
>> SELECT cucoduni, cudesuni
>> FROM cumauni
>> WHERE cuempuni = $1 and
>>       cuseduni = $2 and
>>       cucaruni = $3 and
>>       cuasiuni= $4
>> ; '  LANGUAGE 'sql';
>>
>> and at this moment´s it´s all ok BUT when execute this function
>>      select get_unidades(10,1,15,17)
>>
>> say
>>      "cannot display a value of type RECORD"
>>
>> any idea, PLEASE HELP MY
>>
>> saludos
>>
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