From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | ddurst(at)larubber(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: returning setof in plpgsql |
Date: | 2003-01-21 15:34:41 |
Message-ID: | 2305.1043163281@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"David Durst" <ddurst(at)larubber(dot)com> writes:
> CREATE FUNCTION lookup_account(varchar(32)) RETURNS SETOF accounts AS '
> DECLARE
> aname ALIAS FOR $1;
> rec RECORD;
> BEGIN
> select into rec * from accounts where accountname = aname;
> return rec;
> END;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
As written, this function can only return a single row (so you hardly
need SETOF). If you intend that it be able to return multiple rows
when accountname is not unique, then you'll need a loop and RETURN NEXT
commands. It'd probably be less tedious to use a SQL-language function:
CREATE FUNCTION lookup_account(varchar(32)) RETURNS SETOF accounts AS '
select * from accounts where accountname = $1'
language sql;
> This seems to hang when I attempt to select it using:
> select accountid(
> lookup_account('some account')),
> accountname(lookup_account('some account')),
> type(lookup_account('some account')),
> balance(lookup_account('some account'));
It works for me (in 7.3), but in any case that's a bad approach: you're
invoking the function four times, independently. Better is
select accountid,accountname,type,balance
from lookup_account('some account');
(again, this syntax requires 7.3)
regards, tom lane
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