Re: question about PL/pgSQL function

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Jack,
>
> > select into rec1 * from EMP where empNo =''xxxx'';
> > i1 := xxx(rec1,5);
>
> Bad syntax. The correct syntax is:
>
> SELECT * INTO rec1 FROM EMP WHERE empNo=''xxxx'';
>
> > 2. Is that possible to return a record from a function? And how do I
> > get the
> > returned record in PL/pgSql
>
> No, it is not possible. I know the list archives are kinda hard to
> search, but we've discussed this question ad naseum; in fact, I just
> provided a workaround earlier this week.

Not yet. In the current 7.2 development tree it's possible to
return a cursor opened inside of the procedure. Maybe I can
even improve it so you can open an empty cursor and *fill* it
like a tuple sink so to speak. Mainly depends on if and how
we want to improve the capabilities of portals.

Jan

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