Re: error on „ 38.5. Query Language (SQL) Functions“: a single row is returned

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: code(at)lhorn(dot)de
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Subject: Re: error on „ 38.5. Query Language (SQL) Functions“: a single row is returned
Date: 2022-09-18 15:01:04
Message-ID: 157902.1663513264@sss.pgh.pa.us
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PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/xfunc-sql.html
> Description:

> On the page „ 38.5. Query Language (SQL) Functions“ below the example

> CREATE FUNCTION new_emp() RETURNS emp AS $$
> SELECT ROW('None', 1000.0, 25, '(2,2)')::emp;
> $$ LANGUAGE SQL;

> this sentence is wrong:

> „ Here we wrote a SELECT that returns just a single column of the correct
> composite type.“

> It is not a single column but a single row that is returned.

It's also a single column, which is more relevant to the point being
made. Compare this to the immediately preceding example.

regards, tom lane

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