Re: Unknown kind of return type specified for function

From: Avi Schwartz <avi(at)CFFtechnologies(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Unknown kind of return type specified for function
Date: 2003-06-15 06:45:21
Message-ID: EF91F1B8-9EFC-11D7-BD41-000393AE5044@CFFtechnologies.com
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Tom, your example showed me what my problem was.

I was doing a 'select * from function(1,2,3)' instead for just 'select
function(1,2,3)'

Some of the error messages returned are so cryptic it is scary...

Avi

On Sunday, Jun 15, 2003, at 00:05 America/Chicago, Tom Lane wrote:

> Avi Schwartz <avi(at)CFFtechnologies(dot)com> writes:
>> How do I declare the fact that the function will return nothing?
>
> "returns void" works fine for me.
>
> regression=# create or replace function
> splite_delete_configured_selection(int,
> regression(# int, int, int)
> regression-# returns void
> regression-# as '
> regression'# begin
> regression'# return;
> regression'# end;
> regression'# ' language 'plpgsql';
> CREATE FUNCTION
> regression=# select splite_delete_configured_selection(1,2,3,4);
> splite_delete_configured_selection
> ------------------------------------
>
> (1 row)

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