[SQL] Multi-column returns from pgsql

[Mark R. Dingee]

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone know if/how it's possible to return multi-column sets from a pgsql 
function?  Right now I'm using something like the following as a work around

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION my_func() returns SETOF TEXT AS '
DECLARE
    rec record;
BEGIN
    FOR rec IN SELECT txt1, txt2 FROM mytable LOOP
       RETURN NEXT rec.txt1;
       RETURN NEXT rec.txt2;
    END LOOP;
    RETURN;
END;' language 'plpgsql';

which leaves me parsing multiple records to achieve the desired end result.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks,
Mark



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