Re: why can't plpgsql return a row-expression?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Asif Rehman <asifr(dot)rehman(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: why can't plpgsql return a row-expression?
Date: 2012-12-06 19:04:44
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYqoeq9vojzPOWvXsJZHVL0xGBeW=aUyNMH1kMkvMBZyg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I'm against putting I/O coercion semantics into tupconvert, period. Ever.
> If plpgsql wants that behavior rather than something more consistent
> with the rest of the system, it needs to implement it for itself.

I'm sure that can be done. I don't think anyone is objecting to that,
just trying to get useful behavior out of the system.

Are you going to commit a stripped-down version of the patch?

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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