[GENERAL] Stored Procedure Speed

2007-04-25 Thread Scott Schulthess
Hey Ya'll, I'm a little puzzled by the speed of the stored procedures I am writing. Here is the query alone in pgAdmin select distinct featuretype from gnis_placenames where state='CT' TIME: 312+16ms Here is a stored procedure create or replace function getfeaturetypes(text) r

[GENERAL] returning setof varchar

2007-04-20 Thread Scott Schulthess
How do I get this to work? create or replace function getquadalphabet(text) returns setof varchar as $$ declare r varchar; begin for r in SELECT distinct(substring(drgtitle, 1, 1)) as text from stockdrgmeta where state ilike '%' || $1 || '%' LOOP return next r; END LOOP; end; $$ la