Re: How to return more than one row of data from a

I have a bit trouble following the problem, but I think it may be worth mentioning, that you can return multiple rows by defining the function return as

CREATE FUNCTION foo_func(int,int) RETURNS SETOF <tablename> AS '
SELECT * FROM <tablename> WHERE intval BETWEEN $1 AND $2;
' LANGUAGE 'sql';

- hope it helps..

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On 23-11-2001 at 04:20 Dino Cherian wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Thanks Andrew G. Hammond, but it has some problem, I think and
>suspect.
>
>It seems working, but can it be used in a multi-user environment. I
>think there will be problem with identification of which all data
>belongs to whom.
>
>Regards
>Dino
>
>--- "Andrew G. Hammond" <drew(at)xyzzy(dot)dhs(dot)org> wrote:
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>> On 2001 November 19 04:22 am, dino ck wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Is there a way to return more than one row of data from a
>> function in
>> > PL/pgSQL?
>> >
>> > Anybody please help me with an example or a good resource on the
>> net.
>>
>> I don't know exactly what you're trying to achieve, BUT, you might
>> want to try
>> a temporary table or even something like this...
>>
>> - -- initialize
>> DROP SEQUENCE multi_marker; DROP TABLE multi_results, foo; DROP
>> FUNCTION multi_return(text);
>> - -- create
>> CREATE TABLE foo(data TEXT NOT NULL);
>> CREATE SEQUENCE multi_marker;
>> CREATE TABLE multi_results(r_id INTEGER NOT NULL, data TEXT NOT
>> NULL);
>> CREATE FUNCTION multi_return(text) RETURNS INTEGER AS '
>> DECLARE r_idx INTEGER;
>> ins_1 CONSTANT TEXT := ''INSERT INTO multi_results (r_id, data)
>> SELECT '';
>> ins_2 CONSTANT TEXT:= '', data || ''''_add'''' FROM foo WHERE
>> '';
>> where_clause ALIAS FOR $1;
>> ins_final TEXT;
>> BEGIN r_idx := nextval(''multi_marker'');
>> ins_final := ins_1 || r_idx || ins_2 || where_clause;
>> RAISE NOTICE ''executing: %'', ins_final;
>> EXECUTE ins_final;
>> RETURN r_idx;
>> END;' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>> - -- populate
>> INSERT INTO foo VALUES (''); INSERT INTO foo VALUES ('a'); INSERT
>> INTO foo VALUES ('b');
>> - -- usage
>> BEGIN;
>> SELECT multi_return('length(data) > 0'::text); -- returns an
>> index, ie 1
>> SELECT data FROM multi_results WHERE r_id = 1; -- get
>> results
>> DELETE FROM multi_results WHERE r_id = 1; -- cleanup.
>> COMMIT;
>>
>> - --
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