Re: C Function returning a tuple with a float4 array as column

Tom,

Thanks  for the feedback. To clarify,   don't need to return multiple
rows, just  a single   row   which  is a  composite type that contains
multiple arrays. My apologies  for using the incorrect terminology.
I  have successfully  written  individual   functions to return arrays
and  to return composites.  The function to return a composite  type
used the SRF functions with a row count of 1.

  So  re-phrasing  my question what  would the code sequence look like
to return a  single  composite type, that contained 1 or more arrays?

regards

Tim


On 12/5/2010 1:03 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
>> ... But what seems likely to be the problem is that
>> you've declared the function to return set (that's implied by the
>> RETURNS TABLE syntax) but not coded it to do any such thing.  I'm
>> guessing some piece of code is confused by the function's failure to
>> follow the SRF API.
> No, scratch that: the problem is with that syntax, but in the columns
> direction not the rows direction.  Since you've only got one column,
> the TABLE syntax degenerates to one OUT param, which is treated as
> though it were just the normal function result.  IOW, this function
> shouldn't be returning a tuple at all, but just the array datum.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>