Re: pl/pgsql how to return multiple values from a function

http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions

On Sunday 09 March 2003 11:12 am, jack wrote:
> I found following notes on news list with Google. And I have a try but it
> still doesn't work. The problem is pl/pgsql complains that function of col1
> is not found. My postgres is v7.3.2. Please help. Thank you in advance.
>
> Jack
> ------
> Sure you can, I wouldn't nessessarily recommend it. rec_tmp must be a
> table somewhere so it can be a 'type', you get the values from the record
> by using syntaxt like SELECT col1(teste_tmp(1)), col2(teste_tmp(1)),
> col3(teste_tmp(1));
>
> You could also return a CURSOR but I've never tried that (I access
> PostgreSQL from perl's DBI which doesn't support a cursor return type).
>
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> On Tue, 28 May 2002, Vilson farias wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I would like to know if it's possible to return a record from a pl-pgsql
> > function.
> >
> > The procedure I did is bellow and of course doesn't work. Is there some
> > possibility or work-around?
> >
> > CREATE FUNCTION teste_tmp(INT4)
> > RETURNS RECORD AS '
> > DECLARE
> > rec_tmp record;
> > BEGIN
> > SELECT
> > INTO rec_tmp
> > 1 as col1, ''teste'' as col2, now() as col3 ;
> >
> > RETURN rec_tmp;
> > END;
> > '
> > LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
>
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