Re: Can a function return more then one table?

From: Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can a function return more then one table?
Date: 2012-01-11 06:50:31
Message-ID: CABs1bs1wTRp1vPgJGyuCOwaU-SpSbB+qPLw-YTBA6EtZd1GHrA@mail.gmail.com
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> 2012/1/11 Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com>:
>> I would like to write a function that returns one row from one table,
>> and about 10 rows or so from another table..
>>
>> Is there a clean way to do this, or am I better off making two separate queries?
>>
>> I'm thinking maybe I can use OUT parameters for the first table, and
>> the return value for the second table?  However, I have no idea what
>> the syntax would be like.
>>
>
> what is possible
>
> * return setof refcursors
> * use arrays instead tables and returns arrays (for tables less 10000 rows)

Thanks! Both of these options sound feasible, I will play around with
some code and see what I can come up with.

Mike

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