Re: plpgsql: returning multiple named columns from function

you can do this with a function that returns a refcursor.
(lookup refcursor in the docs)

you would call it something like this

select mycursorfunct();
fetch all from return_cursor;

In this example I hardcode the name return cursor and then call both
lines from a transaction.

you could also retrieve the name of the cursor into a variable, then do
something like(this is delphi code)

connection.starttransaction;
try
query1.sql.add('select mycursorfunct();');
query1.open;
refcursorname:= query1.fieldbyname('mycursofunct').asstring;
query1.close;
query1.sql.add('fetch all from '+refcursorname);
query1.open;

finally
connection.commit;
end;

You won't be able to do it exactly like M$ SQL server, but you can do
something equivelent with a couple extra lines of code.

A refcursor takes a couple of more lines of code on the client, but you
don't have to use a type or a record.

If you need a actual test function, let me know.

hope this helps,

Tony Caduto
http://www.amsoftwaredesign.com
Home of PG Lightning Admin for Postgresql 8.x

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