Re: Returning RECORD from PGSQL without custom type?

Tom Lane wrote:
> "D. Dante Lorenso" <dante(at)lorenso(dot)com> writes:
>> I'd like to be able to do this:
>>
>> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "my_custom_func" (in_value bigint)
>> RETURNS SETOF (col1name BIGINT, col2name TEXT, ...) AS
>
> You realize of course that you can do this *today* if you use OUT
> parameters?

No, I didn't realize. I always assumed OUT parameters were like return
values from a function ... like:

(out1, out2, out3) = somefunction (in1, in2, in3);

I never realized you could return a SETOF those OUT parameters. I guess
it wasn't intuitive, but I'm learning this now.

I think all the functionality I want DOES already exist. Let me go work
with it. Thanks.

-- Dante

>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "my_custom_func" (in_value bigint,
> OUT col1name BIGINT, OUT col2name TEXT, ...)
> RETURNS SETOF RECORD AS
>
> The TABLE syntax is a bit more standards-compliant maybe, but it's not
> offering any actual new functionality.
>
> regards, tom lane
>