Re: Returning multiple result sets

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Returning multiple result sets
Date: 2005-11-20 14:09:25
Message-ID: 20051120140925.GB32031@svana.org
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On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:43:05AM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> >Consider:
> >
> >create function a(anyrecord) returns anyrecord;
> >create function b(int4) returns anyrecord;
> >
> >select a(b(2));
> >
>
> for my task I need little different form :-(
>
> create function a(..) returns setof tables
>
> but SQL2003 needs type table, and this can be solution

You want a function return entire tables at a time? Why bother when you
can just return rows and signal when the next table starts?

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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