function to return query result

Hi,

this is the first time for me to post into this mailing list so
let me introduce myself: I'm working at a little software company
in Germany. We run a mixed Linux/Windows network. The workhorse is
a Linux Server running named, apache, samba and last not least a
PostgresQL 7.0.2 service.

Now my question: I tried to write a PL/PGSQL function that returns
a query result:

CREATE FUNCTION pms() RETURNS pmsummen AS '
declare
result pmsummen;
BEGIN
select into result * from pmsummen;
return result;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

SELECT pms(); yields the error
NOTICE: plpgsql: ERROR during compile of pms near line 2
ERROR: parse error at or near "pmsummen"

I tried lots of variations of this function (employing PERFORM,
replacing pmsummen by record, ...) but everything failed. My
first intention was to write a parameterized view but this
doesn't seem to exist in PostgresQL so I tried to write a
function returning a query result. Thanks for your help.

Peter.

PS: Are there any pgsql newsgroups? Has muc.lists.postgres.
question something in common with this mailing list?

Peter.

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