Re: SRFs returning records from a view

mark(dot)lubratt(at)indeq(dot)com wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a view that I'm putting into a report in my application. I'd
> like to get several blank lines returned by the view as well as the
> legitimate data (to leave room in the report for manual entries). I
> thought I could make a SRF that would return the data from the view and
> then spit out a number of blank records.
>
> As a first step in getting my SRF feet wet, I tried:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION bluecard(int4)
> RETURNS SETOF view_bluecard AS
> $BODY$declare
> r view_bluecard%rowtype;
> begin
> for r in select * from view_bluecard where job_id = jn loop
> return next r;
> end loop;
> return;
> end;$BODY$
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
>
> where view_bluecard is the view that is already defined. When I try
>
> select bluecard(1130);

select * from bluecard(1130)?

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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