Re: Can a function return a record set?

in plpgsql
you've to use
select field into a_variable from table where ...(single value return)
or
for record|row in select fields from table loop
...
end loop;

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On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, John Taves wrote:

> Am I correct in concluding that I can't return a record set from a function?
>
> For example, in MS SQL I would do:
>
> create procedure foo as
> select * from yada
>
> I expected to be able to do the following in postgresql.
>
> create function foo (integer) returns (integer) as '
> begin
> select * from yada;
> end; '
> language 'plpgsql';
>
> I am concluding that I can't.
>
> jt
>
>
>