Re: Can a function return a record set?

Mr. Taves,

> 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.

You are correct. Stored procedures that return rowsets are
in the "wish list" for 7.2 or 8.0 ... but not in the current
development version. Please browse the archives (about 1-2
months ago) for my suggested workaround for the time being.

-Josh Berkus

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