Returning multiple Rows from PL/pgSQL-Function

From: Alvar Freude <alvar(at)agi(dot)de>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Returning multiple Rows from PL/pgSQL-Function
Date: 2001-07-09 09:53:18
Message-ID: 63885762.994679598@[192.168.100.219]
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Hi,

I want to create a function (PL/pgSQL), which return multiple rows. But it
fails -- when Creating the function, I get a notice:

NOTICE: ProcedureCreate: return type 'records' is only a shell

When executing it, this error:

ERROR: fmgr_info: function 0: cache lookup failed

How should I do this?

The function is simple:

CREATE FUNCTION foo (timestamp) RETURNS SETOF records AS
'
BEGIN
RETURN SELECT * FROM table;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

or, in more detail the exact function:

CREATE FUNCTION get_emotions (timestamp) RETURNS SETOF records AS
'
DECLARE
start ALIAS FOR $1;
end_id int4;
BEGIN
SELECT emotion_id FROM emotions
WHERE date <= start
LIMIT 1
INTO end_id;
RETURN SELECT emotion_id, emotion1, [...]
FROM emotions
WHERE emotion_id BETWEEN end_id-3000 AND end_id
ORDER BY date_epoch + full_rating*(3600*12)
LIMIT 300;
END;
'
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

Thanx for any help!

Ciao
Alvar

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