Re: [GENERAL] Function returning any (tuple) type

2005-07-15 Thread Hannes Dorbath
On 15.07.2005 08:51, Ezequiel Tolnay wrote: The main problem I see is that the funcitions in PostgreSQL seem to be always bound to a particular result datatype. Is there a way to circumvent this? I tried to find a solution for this as well some time ago. I don't believe there is a

Re: [GENERAL] Function returning any (tuple) type

2005-07-15 Thread Richard Huxton
Hannes Dorbath wrote: On 15.07.2005 08:51, Ezequiel Tolnay wrote: The main problem I see is that the funcitions in PostgreSQL seem to be always bound to a particular result datatype. Is there a way to circumvent this? I tried to find a solution for this as well some time ago. I don't

[GENERAL] Function returning any (tuple) type

2005-07-15 Thread Ezequiel Tolnay
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me find a solution for this problem. I'm porting a database from MS SQL Server 2000 to PostgreSQL 8.0.1 (Windows). We have an web interface that accesses the database, but doesn't have direct access on any tables, only to execute a number of stored procedures.

Re: [GENERAL] Function returning any (tuple) type

2005-07-15 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 04:51:04PM +1000, Ezequiel Tolnay wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me find a solution for this problem. I'm porting a database from MS SQL Server 2000 to PostgreSQL 8.0.1 (Windows). snip The main problem I see is that the funcitions in PostgreSQL seem to be