Re: patch fixing the old RETURN NEXT bug

On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 20:15 +0300, Sergey E. Koposov wrote:
> I'm proposing the fix of this bug:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-02/msg00498.php

I think the suggested logic for compatible_tupdesc() is still wrong. For
example, the patch rejects the following:

create table usno (ra real, dec real, bmag real, rmag real, ipix int8);
create function ret_next_check() returns setof usno as $$
declare
    r record;
begin
    for r in select * from usno loop
        return next r;
    end loop;
    return;
end;
$$ language plpgsql;

insert into usno values (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5);
select * from ret_next_check();
alter table usno drop column ipix;
select * from ret_next_check(); -- fails, should succeed

Also, this patch should include updates to the regression tests.

-Neil