Re: Return Record with CASE problem

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)cvc(dot)net>
Cc: Rory Campbell-Lange <rory(at)campbell-lange(dot)net>, Postgresql General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Return Record with CASE problem
Date: 2003-06-11 16:27:59
Message-ID: 20030611092712.R93562-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Dennis Gearon wrote:

> What's this 'typer'? I see you guys using it, so it's NOT a misspell of 'type'?

It's a "column" name for the output of the function return.

> Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the response, Stephan.
> >
> > I ommitted to say that selecting AS typer varchar doesn't work either.
> >
> > On 11/06/03, Stephan Szabo (sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com) wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Selecting on this function works fine when I don't use the CASE column
> >>>'typer' in my select and don't include it in the returned 'resulter' in
> >>>the function. 'typer' is a int2, while the output is a varchar. How can
> >>>I get to "typer" in my select?
> >>>
> >>>Failed select:
> >>>
> >>>temporary=> SELECT
> >>> *
> >>> FROM
> >>> fn_v1_board_view_board (1, 1)
> >>> AS (n_id integer, t_description varchar, t_name varchar,
> >>> typer integer, n_id_photo integer);
> >>
> >>I think that should probably be typer varchar since that's what you seem
> >>to actually be returning.

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