Re: problem with getting return type mismatch from function

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: "Jackson, Harold" <harold(dot)jackson(at)attws(dot)com>, <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: problem with getting return type mismatch from function
Date: 2003-12-19 14:53:48
Message-ID: 200312191453.48358.dev@archonet.com
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On Thursday 18 December 2003 02:44, Jackson, Harold wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm having a problem with a function that I'm trying to create. I
> created a data type that is composed of fields from 2 different tables.
> When I create SQL functions this seems to work just fine. However,
> when I try to use this data type in a plpgsql function, I get the error
> message
> " return type mismatch in function returning tuple at or near
> "type_name"". No way is what I created a tuple. We're running
> PostgreSQL 7.3.2 on Red Hat Linux. Any ideas?

To expand on Peter's note - try the general or sql lists. You'll need to
supply the code from the function too, otherwise no-one can help.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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