Re: Function returns mutliple rows - HELP

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, juleni wrote:

> How can I make function returning multiple tuples?
>
> For example:
> ============
> I have a table COMPANY: id_company | company_name | country
> -------------------------------------
> 1 | Company 1 | Germany
> 2 | Company 2 | Germany
> 3 | Company 3 | Slovakia
> 4 | Company 4 | Slovakia
> 5 | Company 5 | Slovakia
> 6 | Company 6 | Italy
>
> I need a function returning all 'company IDs' and 'company names'
> from 'Slovakia'.
> The parameter to the function is 'country'.
>
> Can anybody give me a simple example how to do it using pl/pgsql by
> function returning more tuples?

The set returning functions document on techdocs might help:
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions

For something that simple, I'd probably say that you could get away with a
simple sql function, though, probably something like:
create function getcompaniesbycountry(text) returns company as
'select * from company where country = $1;' language 'sql';