Re: first cut at PL/PgSQL table functions

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: first cut at PL/PgSQL table functions
Date: 2002-08-20 13:32:31
Message-ID: 3D6244EF.FB8069DC@Yahoo.com
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Neil Conway wrote:
>
> The attached patch is my first attempt at implementing table functions
> for PL/PgSQL.
> [...]
>
> - inside PL/PgSQL, the application developer can add another
> tuple to the result set by using RETURN NEXT. PL/PgSQL takes
> care of creating a tuple store, etc etc.

If memory serves, the syntax another major database is using is

RETURN ... AND RESUME;

And you're right, the parser is a nightmare. Sorry for that.

Jan

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