Hello
try to look on
http://okbob.blogspot.com/2008/08/using-cursors-for-generating-cross.html
regards
Pavel Stehule
2009/2/1 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo :
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:42:12 +0900
> Craig Ringer wrote:
>
>> gher...@fmed.uba.ar wrote:
>>
>> > Well, aparenty my problem remains, because th
On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:42:12 +0900
Craig Ringer wrote:
> gher...@fmed.uba.ar wrote:
>
> > Well, aparenty my problem remains, because the boss want that the
> > programmers just need to call
> > select * from report('table_name').
>
> Then, AFAIK, you're not going to have much luck, as Pg needs
gher...@fmed.uba.ar wrote:
> Well, aparenty my problem remains, because the boss want that the
> programmers just need to call
> select * from report('table_name').
Then, AFAIK, you're not going to have much luck, as Pg needs to know the
columns that'll be output before the function is called. Ap
> gher...@fmed.uba.ar wrote:
>
>> Oh, that looks promising. I wrongly supposed that RETURNING SETOF RECORD
>> forces the use of OUT parameters. I will give your idea a try.
>
> Tom Lane's point about using a refcursor is (unsurprisingly) a good one.
> If you return a refcursor from your function, y
gher...@fmed.uba.ar wrote:
> Oh, that looks promising. I wrongly supposed that RETURNING SETOF RECORD
> forces the use of OUT parameters. I will give your idea a try.
Tom Lane's point about using a refcursor is (unsurprisingly) a good one.
If you return a refcursor from your function, you don't h
> Gerardo Herzig wrote:
>
>> 1) There is a way to make a function returning "any amount of any type
>> of arguments"?
>
> RETURNS SETOF RECORD
>
> The application must, however, know what columns will be output by the
> function ahead of time and call it using an explicit column declaration
> list.
Craig Ringer writes:
>> 2) Can i make a special type "on_the_fly" and returning setof "that_type"?
> You're better off using SETOF RECORD, at least in my opinion.
Another possibility is to return a cursor.
regards, tom lane
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Gerardo Herzig wrote:
> 1) There is a way to make a function returning "any amount of any type
> of arguments"?
RETURNS SETOF RECORD
The application must, however, know what columns will be output by the
function ahead of time and call it using an explicit column declaration
list. For example, t
Hi all. I have a situation here: I have to make a 'report' for a table.
I'll try to explain the functionality needed:
Lets say i have a table like this
\d people
name varchar
id_city integer (references city(id_city))
\d city
id_city integer
city_name varchar
id_country (references country (id_cou
