Need help creating a stored procedure

Hello all,

I am attempting to create a function and am receiving the following error
when attempting to access the function:

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SELECT * FROM "MySchema"."tester"(3);

ERROR: wrong record type supplied in RETURN NEXT
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "tester" line 7 at return next
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I only receive the error when I specify a number smaller than the largest
value in the OfferID field (see below). If I specify a value larger than is
in the OfferID field, the function returns 0 rows, but does not error. I
must be missing something simple here and would appreciate some direction.

Here is the table structure:

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CREATE TABLE "MySchema"."tblTransact"
(
"TransactID" int8 NOT NULL DEFAULT
nextval('"MySchema"."tblTransact_TransactID_seq"'::text),
"TDate" timestamptz NOT NULL,
"DestContactID" int4 NOT NULL,
"OfferID" int8 NOT NULL,
"TransactStatus" int2 NOT NULL,
"TSearchTerm" varchar(64) NOT NULL,
"SubscriptionID" int4 NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
CONSTRAINT "pk_TransactID" PRIMARY KEY ("TransactID")
)
WITH OIDS;

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BTW, there is data in the table that meets the criteria I specify.

Below is my function definition. This is not actually the SELECT statement
I hope to include, but is merely a test to try to create a function that
returns multiple rows. I have seen some postings of folks using a table
reference as a return structure template (and tested this with their example
structure and it does seem to work). I sure hope I do not have to do one of
the following, but may have to:

1) specify the data types in my function call
2) do casting in the function call (I did try this-- SELECT * FROM
"MySchema"."tester"('3'::int8);
3) create a new 'type' for the return structure as opposed to specifying an
existing table

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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "MySchema".tester(int8)
RETURNS SETOF "MySchema"."tblTransact" AS
'DECLARE
rec RECORD;
BEGIN
FOR rec IN SELECT * FROM "MySchema"."tblTransact"
WHERE "OfferID" > $1
LOOP
RETURN NEXT rec;
END LOOP;
RETURN;
END;'
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
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Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Jim

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