Re: [GENERAL] PL/pgsql return resultset/cursor?

I have added an FAQ item and improved the documentation.  Seems the
official current docs aren't being built regularly, (last April 3), so I
pointed to my web copy in the FAQ:

    4.25) How do I return multiple rows or columns from a function?

    You can return result sets from PL/pgSQL functions using refcursors. See
    http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/plpgsql-cursors.html,
    section 23.7.3.3.


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Richard Emberson wrote:
> Thanks for the example. Whoever maintains the documentation ought to put such
> an
> example in the refcursor section.
>
> Richard
>
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Jan Wieck wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Here is a sample:
> >
> >         create table aa(a int, b int, c int);
> >         create function f() returns refcursor as '
> >         declare
> >          r refcursor;
> >         begin
> >          open r for select * from aa;
> >          return r;
> >         end;' language 'plpgsql';
> >
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