Re: Return a table from a function

From: Simon Connah <simon(dot)n(dot)connah(at)protonmail(dot)com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Return a table from a function
Date: 2021-04-07 11:54:31
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On Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at 09:44, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:

> On Tue, 2021-04-06 at 16:52 +0000, Simon Connah wrote:
>

> > I've written a function that returns a table. It works fine and I get the expected results.
> >

> > The only problem is that in Node.js which is the client the table data is a string rather
> >

> > than a list of variables. Is there some way to change the return data so it is still like
> >

> > a table but in something like JSON? Or even better is there a way to return it as the
> >

> > individual rows so that each column can be easily accessed? I'm using pg-promise to access
> >

> > PostgreSQL from a Node.js web application.
>

> It's a bit unclear what you are doing, but I guess you should run
>

> SELECT * FROM myfunction('arg');
>

> rather than
>

> SELECT myfunction('arg');
>

> Yours,
>

> Laurenz Albe
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>

> Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

That fixed it perfectly! Thank you.

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