| From: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> | 
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| To: | Celia McInnis <celia(at)drmath(dot)ca> | 
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Re: returning multiple values from a plpgsql function? | 
| Date: | 2005-06-09 21:03:22 | 
| Message-ID: | 20050609210322.GA83073@winnie.fuhr.org | 
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 02:42:21PM -0500, Celia McInnis wrote:
>
> Is there any way to return multiple values from a plpgsql function? Ideally 
> I'd like to be able to return two arrays and a scalar value rather than 
> having to pack them into a single longer array.
One way is to return a custom type; another way is to return a
cursor.  See the documentation and the list archives for examples.
Here are some links to pages in the 8.0.x documentation that have
relevant examples:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/plpgsql-cursors.html#PLPGSQL-CURSOR-USING
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/plpgsql-porting.html#PLPGSQL-PORTING-EX3
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Michael Fuhr
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