Re: returning setof in plpgsql

On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 10:40 am, David Durst wrote:
> I have a function that I want to return setof a table in plpgsql.
>
> Here is what I have:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION lookup_account(varchar(32)) RETURNS SETOF accounts AS '
> DECLARE
>   aname ALIAS FOR $1;
>   rec RECORD;
> BEGIN
>   select into rec * from accounts where accountname = aname;
>   return rec;
> END;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> This seems to hang when I attempt to select it using:
>
> select accountid(
> lookup_account('some account')),
> accountname(lookup_account('some account')),
> type(lookup_account('some account')),
> balance(lookup_account('some account'));
>
> Does anyone see a problem w/ my approach??

Hi David,

I've never done this but I seem to remember seeing something about this 
recently. 

Firstly, I think you need 7.3.1 to do this.

You then have to create a 'type' as being a set of your table.  You then 
define the function as returning that type.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but as I said, I've never done it.

Gary

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