Re: Howto return values from a function

> How you generate the results is up to you. when you have them you
> either use RETURN NEXT or RETURN QUERY to return them to the caller.

Now I get the reply

ERROR: set-valued function called in context that cannot accept a set
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "actionlist" line 11 at return next

and here is the function (and a datatype that is used for the return values)

CREATE TYPE Ttelnr_action AS (
nr VARCHAR(30),
action CHAR(1)
);

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION actionlist(tid_ TIMESTAMP) RETURNS SETOF
Ttelnr_action AS $$
DECLARE
rec RECORD;
result Ttelnr_action;
BEGIN
FOR rec IN SELECT DISTINCT custid,nr,action FROM Actions
LOOP
IF rec.action = 'view_important_message' THEN
result.nr := rec.nr;
result.action := 'd';
RETURN NEXT result;
ELSIF rec.action = 'download_movie' THEN
result.nr := rec.nr;
result.action := 'v';
RETURN NEXT result;
END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;