Re: How do I insert a record into a table?

Richard Broersma Jr wrote:

>--- Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com> wrote:
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>>I want to write a query like:
>>INSERT INTO table SELECT func(args);
>>where func is defined as:
>>CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION func(args)
>>RETURNS table
>>AS $_$
>> ...
>>$_$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>>Unfortunately, when I try to do this, I get:
>>ERROR: column "first_column" is of type integer but expression is of
>>type record
>>I get this error even if I list the columns:
>>INSTER INTO table(first_column, second_column, ...) ....
>>So how do I take a record returned from a function, and insert it as a
>>row into a table?
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>What does a select * from table; look like?
>What does a select * from func(args); look like?
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The same. Note that I defined func to return type table.