Re: RETURNS SETOF RECORD with 1 column

On Thursday, July 27, 2017, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Thursday, July 27, 2017, Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo(dot)romano(at)notorand(dot)it
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','vincenzo(dot)romano(at)notorand(dot)it');>> wrote:
>>
>> The main difference is that with RETURNS SETOF RECORD I still get the
>> "usual"(tm) function argument list in the usual place: between two
>> parentheses.
>> It's a matter of style. And a consistent one.
>> But I still don't get the point for not having it for a single column.
>>
>>
> Docs say: " When there are OUT or INOUT parameters, the RETURNS clause
> can be omitted. ". Sounds like you should you do just that.
>
>
Except you'd have no where to put the "setof" modifier...So, yeah, you
probably aren't going to personal style preference catered to here.

David J.