Re: Function Returning SETOF Problem

Ron St-Pierre <rstpierre(at)syscor(dot)com> writes:
> On a daily basis I place a lot of data into the empty table dailyList,
> and from that data update certain fields in currentList. I thought that
> using a function would be a good way to do this(?). However I get the
> following error when I run updateCurrentData():
> ERROR: set-valued function called in context that cannot accept a set

You're probably doing
SELECT updateCurrentData();
where you should be doing
SELECT * FROM updateCurrentData();

There are some cases where you can invoke set-valued functions in the
target list rather than in the FROM list, but this isn't one of 'em.

regards, tom lane