Re: Execute command in PL/pgSQL function not executing

From: Marc Millas <marc(dot)millas(at)mokadb(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Abdul Mohammed <imonikemohammed(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Execute command in PL/pgSQL function not executing
Date: 2021-11-20 02:13:41
Message-ID: CADX_1abjxaUmfPpq_M9eKU31TBLx_UBDcF+Lp5z9G5K2vzp8gA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,
Just one question
Isn't it possible to write a function that return an oid?
So.. One can write a function which create a temp table, feed it according
to parameters and then return the oid of the created temp table.

No??

Le ven. 19 nov. 2021 à 23:48, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
a écrit :

> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 3:37 PM Abdul Mohammed <imonikemohammed(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> I read somewhere that you could have a table as a return type. I,
>> therefore tried using the pivot table alias as the return type but got an
>> error along lines of the alias not being recognized.
>>
>
> A table in that context is something you create using the "Create table"
> command. And, per my other comments, you have to have done this before
> even creating the function in question since the function has to point to
> the table during the "create function" command's execution.
>
> David J.
>
>

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