Re: Returning multiple columns with a function??

On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 05:48  PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> <snip>
> But something like this fails:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_multiple () RETURNS SETOF text AS
> 'SELECT ''a'', ''b''' LANGUAGE 'SQL';
> ERROR:  function declared to return text returns multiple columns in
> final SELECT

I think you want:  RETURNS SETOF record as 'select ...'

eric

>
> What are we missing?
>
> Sincerley,
>
> Joshua Drake
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