Re: PLPGSQL func. defn. for returning resultset?

Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to write some functions/stored procedures in PLPGSQL.
> All examples have a return clause that returns a single item (e.g.
> RETURN INTEGER or RETURN VARCHAR, etc.).
>
> However, I need to return a result set (e.g. SELECT user_id, name FROM
> users). What do I specify in the return part of the FUNCTION definition
> for that?
> CREATE FUNCTION foo() RETURNS ????? AS ' .....
> What do I put in place of ?????
>
> I could not find any examples for such cases.

And it would really surprise me if you could find examples of
that. The only way you currently can return a result set
would be through a cursor, opened in your function.

Jan

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