Re: RETURNS SETOF primitive returns results in parentheses

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 08:54 -0400, Sean Davis wrote:
> > Now, when I do this:
> >
> > biblio3=# select * from php_get_subfield_data_repeating(1,'606a');
> > php_get_subfield_data_repeating1
> > ----------------------------------
> > (Anđeli)
> > (ofsajd)
> > (2 rows)
>
> Does:
>
> select * from php_get_subfield_data_repeating(1,'606a') as s(a)
>
> do what you want (single column)?
>

Nope. I still get the results in parentheses. When I change the SETOF
from varchar to my defined type, your query [with as s(a)] I get normal
resutls, withouth parentheses. I clearly have solved a problem, I just
need to create a type containing one member only, with the type of
varchar, and instead of 'RETURNS SETOF varchar' i need to do 'RETURNS
SETOF my_varchar_type'. I'm just wondering is this like that 'by
design', or is it a bug.

I've been reproducing this on postgres versions 7.4.8, 7.4.9, 8.0.3,
8.0.4 and 8.1beta3.

Mike
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