Re: returning parameters from function

You can use it as:

SELECT * FROM get_test_data(1000) AS t1 (emp_name VARCHAR);

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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)

On 12/12/06, Rikard Pavelic <rikard(dot)pavelic(at)zg(dot)htnet(dot)hr> wrote:
>
> Shoaib Mir wrote:
> > You can use a SETOF function as:
> >
> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_test_data (numeric)
> > RETURNS SETOF RECORD AS
> > $$
> > DECLARE
> > temp_rec RECORD;
> > BEGIN
> > FOR temp_rec IN (SELECT ename FROM emp WHERE sal > $1)
> > LOOP
> > RETURN NEXT temp_rec;
> > END LOOP;
> > RETURN;
> > END;
> > $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
> >
> This doesn't work. ;(
> I get ERROR: a column definition list is required for functions
> returning "record"
> SQL state: 42601
> when running this function
>
> Regards,
> Rikard
>