Re: trouble with setof record return

brian wrote:
> Can anybody spot the problem with this function? Or, how i'm calling it?
> (it's not clear to me which it is)
>
> CREATE TABLE member (
> ...
>   first_name character varying(64),
>   last_name character varying(64),
>   organisation character varying(128),
>   email character varying(128),
> ...
> );
>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fetcOnlineContacts() RETURNS SETOF record
>   AS $$
>
> DECLARE
>
>   member_contact record;
>
> BEGIN
>
>   FOR member_contact IN
>     EXECUTE 'SELECT DISTINCT ON (m.email)
>       m.first_name || '' '' || m.last_name AS name,
>       m.organisation, m.email AS address
>       FROM member AS m
>       WHERE m.email IS NOT NULL
>       ORDER BY m.email, m.last_name, m.organisation ASC'
>   LOOP
>     RETURN NEXT member_contact;
>   END LOOP;
>
>   RETURN;
>
> END;
> $$
>   LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE;
>
>
> test=# SELECT * FROM fetchOnlineContacts() AS (name text, organisation
> text, address text);
> ERROR:  wrong record type supplied in RETURN NEXT
> CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "fetchonlinecontacts" line 15 at return next
>
> test=# SELECT * FROM fetchOnlineContacts() AS (name varchar(129),
> organisation varchar(128), address varchar(128));
> ERROR:  wrong record type supplied in RETURN NEXT
> CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "fetchonlinecontacts" line 15 at return next
>
> Normally, i declare a type, but this will be a single-use one so a
> record seemed to be sufficient.
>
> b
>

Try casting your query cols as TEXT,
eg.
(m.first_name || '' '' || m.last_name)::TEXT AS
name,(m.organisation)::TEXT, (m.email)::TEXT AS address