Re: Function returning any (tuple) type

From: Hannes Dorbath <light(at)theendofthetunnel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Function returning any (tuple) type
Date: 2005-07-15 08:52:49
Message-ID: 42d77127$0$3564$8fe63b2a@news.disputo.net
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On 15.07.2005 08:51, Ezequiel Tolnay wrote:
>
> The main problem I see is that the funcitions in PostgreSQL seem to be
> always bound to a particular result datatype. Is there a way to
> circumvent this?

I tried to find a solution for this as well some time ago. I don't
believe there is a practical way. It's only a guess, maybe this "strong
typing" helps the planer / optimizer in some way..

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