Re: Receive a record not a tuple - plpgsql

On Nov 16, 2005, at 2:21 PM, Flávio Brito wrote:

> How can I call a function into a function? My problem is: I'm
> trying to calculate a tax(inss) over a employer salary. I created a
> function called inss that do it correctly, but when I create
> another one to show more attributes (inss is not a attribute, it is
> calculate over a salary) I receive a record (like {1,Mary,32.45}
> not a tuple. How can I solve it?

Have you looked into set-returning functions? It seems like that
might be what you're looking for:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/plpgsql-control-
structures.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-RETURNING

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