| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Definition of return types for own functions? |
| Date: | 2006-09-28 10:31:37 |
| Message-ID: | 20060928103137.GD10591@svana.org |
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:15:19AM +0200, A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am Thu, dem 28.09.2006, um 9:46:29 +0200 mailte Matthias(dot)Pitzl(at)izb(dot)de folgendes:
> > Hello all!
> >
> > Is it possible to define a complex return type like a record in a function
> > without having some table around with the needed structure of the return
> > values?
>
> Yes, you can define a new type:
>
> CREATE TYPE name AS
> ( attribute_name data_type [, ... ] )
Also, in more recent versions (8.1 I think) you can use OUT parameters
to create anonymous types.
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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