populate_record_worker in jsonfuncs.c says this:

        if (get_call_result_type(fcinfo, NULL, &tupdesc) != TYPEFUNC_COMPOSITE)
            ereport(ERROR,
                    (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
                     errmsg("function returning record called in context "
                            "that cannot accept type record"),
                     errhint("Try calling the function in the FROM clause "
                             "using a column definition list.")));

dblink.c has a similar incantation.

Is there any reasonable alternative?  That is, if you have a function
returning SETOF record, and the details of the record type aren't
specified, is there anything you can do other than error out like
this?

Thanks,

-- 
Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company


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