Re: PL/pgSQL and SETOF

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Cultural Sublimation <cultural_sublimation(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL and SETOF
Date: 2007-11-30 21:21:32
Message-ID: 20071130212132.GA3175@alvh.no-ip.org
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Pavel Stehule escribió:
> On 30/11/2007, Cultural Sublimation <cultural_sublimation(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> > But still on that subject: is my version of get_items2 the simplest
> > that is possible in PL/pgSQL? It seems awfully verbose compared to
> > the SQL version...
>
> no. Your simplest version is historic relict and is available only in
> sql language. I am not sure, maybe in C language too.

But isn't the case that on 8.3 you would be able to rewrite it more
easily using RETURN QUERY?

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Alvaro Herrera Developer, http://www.PostgreSQL.org/
"Pido que me den el Nobel por razones humanitarias" (Nicanor Parra)

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