Re: [GENERAL] PSQL Function() help....

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Dale Anderson <danderso(at)crystalsugar(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PSQL Function() help....
Date: 2000-01-12 03:58:53
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0001120420130.3735-100000@localhost.localdomain
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On 2000-01-12, Dale Anderson mentioned:

> Here is what I am trying to do. I an trying to create a function
> that is passed two numbers, get_people(2000,1). The first value is a
> year, and the second is a week. What I want the function to do, is to
> select all the names from a name table, and return a list of names
> that don't have an entry in the data table for the year, and week
> specified. Can this be done??

No. Functions cannot return result sets. Certainly a deficiency, but
nobody is perfect.

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