Re: PL/pgsql return resultset/cursor?

Richard Emberson wrote:
>
> Is it possible to return a result-set or cursor from a PL/pgsql
> procedure, like
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo()
> RETURNS <WHAT_TYPE>  AS '
> BEGIN
>         RETURN SELECT * from FOO;
> END;
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> If you open a cursor in a procedure, it gets closed when the procedure
> exits, right?

    Cursors  get closed in PostgreSQL when you close them or when
    the transaction ends.

    Look at the  refcursor  data  type  (new  in  v7.2)  and  use
    transactions.


Jan

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