Re: Cast as compound type

["Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>]

Hello

maybe I don't understand well your idea. There exist simple syntax -
table function

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-02/msg00341.php

and it is standard

regards
Pavel Stehule

On 30/03/2008, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> Folks,
>
>  I'd like to take a whack at making set-returning functions returning
>  SETOF RECORD a little more fun to use.  Let's imagine that we have a
>  table foo and a function returning SETOF RECORD that can return foos.
>  The call might look something like:
>
>  SELECT a, b, c
>  FROM f(ROW OF foo)
>  WHERE ...;
>
>  This would make it much easier and less error-prone to use SETOF
>  RECORD.
>
>  Would others like to see such a feature?
>
>  If so, what pieces of the code would I be touching for the first
>  patch?
>
>  Cheers,
>  David.
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