Re: Help with plperl

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Alex <alex(at)meerkatsoft(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help with plperl
Date: 2005-08-21 20:18:16
Message-ID: 20050821201812.GA7724@svana.org
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:58:25AM +1000, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
> could anyone help me with a problem I am having creating a plperl function.
>
> The return always complains with the following error:
> composite-returning Perl function must return reference to hash

Well, since you're returning a reference to an array, I imagine it's
complaining about that.

Looking at your function though, it appears to be building a set of
"sometype" rather than a single one. Perhaps you meant your function to
be defined as: RETURNS SETOF sometype.

Hope this helps,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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