Re: Using row_to_json with %ROWTYPE ?

On 02/05/2015 01:38 PM, Tim Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a function that broadly looks like this :
>
> create function doStuff() returns json as $$
> DECLARE
> v_row my_view%ROWTYPE;
> BEGIN
> select * into strict v_row from my_view where foo=bar;
> select row_to_json(v_row) from v_row;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
>
> However this does not seem to work ? What am I doing wrong ?

Well for starters is:

select * into strict v_row from my_view where foo=bar;

returning more than one row? v_row can only hold one row at a time.

Given that then:

select row_to_json(v_row) from v_row;

should be:

select row_to_json(v_row);

I would suggest taking a look at:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/plpgsql-control-structures.html#PLPGSQL-RECORDS-ITERATING

Also error messages would be helpful:)

>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
>
>

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