Re: proposal: table functions and plpgsql

On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 18:12 +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hello

...

> In my proposal I don't create any default variables. Result type is
> only virtual - I don't need write it to system directory. I thing it's
> better than using some specific predeclared type as RESULTTYPE OR
> RESULTSET.

How is this different from using OUT params and RETURNS SETOF RECORD ?

hannu=# CREATE FUNCTION outsetof2py(n integer, OUT i integer, OUT j
integer) RETURNS SETOF record
AS $$
for i in xrange(n):
yield {'i':i,'j':i*i}
$$
LANGUAGE plpythonu;
CREATE FUNCTION
hannu=# select * from outsetof2py(3);
i | j
---+---
0 | 0
1 | 1
2 | 4
(3 rows)

btw, this currently works for pl/python only in my local copy (still
testing for bugs), but similar declaration works fine for pl/pgsql

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Hannu