On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> This is a bug that has already been fixed in current sources: the check
> that makes sure your select produces only one varchar column is
> mistakenly counting the hidden IdSort column that's needed to sort by.
Is there any patch against 7.0.2 sources which might help me (or the
Debian package maintainer out?
> I don't know of any good workaround in 7.0, short of patching the
> erroneous code. Have you thought about using a view, rather than a
> function returning set?
I could try that.
Is there any general advise for more or less beginners like me regarding
when to use views and when to use functions?
Kind regards
Andreas.