Re: Returning more than one value from a stored procedure

In response to Atif Jung :
> Thanks Andreas but is there no alternative?
>  
> I'm porting from an INFORMIX database which allows the return of more than one
> value from a stored procedure without having to use in/out parameters. The
> procedure is called from several places across the system and will be time
> consuming to change all instances to include the new out parameters. To be able
> to return more than one parameter will be of great help to me, if it's
> possible.

Other solution, but new problem for you:

test=# create or replace function atif(int, text) returns record as
$$declare r record; begin select into r 1::int, 'hello world'::text; return r; end;$$language plpgsql;
CREATE FUNCTION
test=*# select * from atif (0,'test') as foo(a int, b text);
 a |      b
---+-------------
 1 | hello world
(1 row)

test=*# select * from atif (0,'test');
ERROR:  a column definition list is required for functions returning "record"
LINE 1: select * from atif (0,'test');


Now you have to define the result-type later, but you have to define
that.

Regards, Andreas
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