Re: (SETOF) RECORD AS complex_type

Ühel kenal päeval, K, 2006-12-27 kell 14:06, kirjutas David Fetter:
> Folks,
>
> While using DBI-Link, I've noticed a little lacuna in how functions
> returning (SETOF) RECORD work, namely, that you have to cast them to
> explicit lists of columns, even when that list of columns corresponds
> to an existing complex type.
>
> What would be involved in fixing the casting operation so that the
> following would work?
>
> CREATE TYPE foo AS (
> a INT4,
> b INT8,
> c POINT,
> d TEXT
> );
>
> CREATE FUNCTION bar(output_type TEXT)
> RETURNS SETOF RECORD
> ...
>
> SELECT * FROM bar('foo') AS foo;
>
> Cheers,
> D

using OUT parameters works nice for me

hannu=# CREATE FUNCTION bar(IN cnt INT, OUT a INT4, OUT b INT8, OUT c
POINT, OUT d TEXT)
hannu-# RETURNS SETOF RECORD
hannu-# LANGUAGE SQL
hannu-# AS $$
hannu$# SELECT '1'::INT4,'1'::INT8,'(1,1)'::POINT,'text'::TEXT FROM
generate_series(1,3);
hannu$# $$;
CREATE FUNCTION
hannu=# select * from bar(1);
a | b | c | d
---+---+-------+------
1 | 1 | (1,1) | text
1 | 1 | (1,1) | text
1 | 1 | (1,1) | text
(3 rows)

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