Why select * from function doesn't work when function has return type void??

Hi all,

I would like to know why does calling a function with select * from
function doesn't work when its return type is set to void.

I'm asking this because I have a code which uses this syntax to add
support for returning resultsets from functions. This way, regardless
the function returns a resultset or a single value, I could do select *
from function and it works very well.

The problem appears when the function has its returns type to void.
I get the following error message:

npgsql_tests=> select * from funcF();
ERROR: function funcf() in FROM has unsupported return type
ERROR: function funcf() in FROM has unsupported return type

where funcF is defined as:

npgsql_tests=> create function funcF() returns void as 'delete from
tablea where field_serial > 5' language 'sql';

CREATE FUNCTION

But it does work if I call it as:

select funcF();

I'd like to know if would be possible to change this behaviour to return
an empty result set with a null value. This way, there would be
consistency in calling all functions regardless of its return type with
select * from function.

Thanks in advance.

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Francisco Figueiredo Jr.

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