On 3/29/18 14:20, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2018-03-28 20:34:13 -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> On 3/28/18 12:09, Andres Freund wrote:
>>> Yea, not the most descriptive... Returning multiple different resultsets
>>> from a function / procedure. Inability to do so is a serious limitation
>>> of postgres in comparison to some other language with procedures.
>>
>> This is already possible as far as the protocol is concerned.
>
> Huh, I don't see how?
See example here:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/4580ff7b-d610-eaeb-e06f-4d686896b93b%402ndquadrant.com
More simply, you can already do this with psql like this:
=> SELECT * FROM tbl1\; SELECT * FROM tbl2;
This will ship multiple result sets. psql chooses to only display the
last one. This is also discussed in the above thread.
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