Re: function returning a row

On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 07:16:20AM -0800, Joe Conway wrote:
> Kjetil Haaland wrote:
>
> >this i have done, i can return a single value of my own type from the
> >function. So now i am wondering, is it possible to return a set of my
> >type? If it is possible, how do i do that?
>
> I haven't followed this thread from the beginning, but if I understand
> correctly, you have a custom scalar type, and you want to return a set
> of that type? You should be able to declare the function with
>  "RETURNS setof alignres", and then implement it as an SRF. See for
> example normal_rand() in contrib/tablefunc.

See also "Returning Sets from C-Language Functions" in the "C-Language
Functions" section of the "Extending SQL" chapter in the documentation.

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Michael Fuhr
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