ezra epstein wrote:
>Aother head banger for me.
>
>Below is a complete example of the code
>
>Using Postgres 7.4,
> the function "test" gets this: psql:temp3.sql:10: ERROR: syntax error
>at or near "%" at character 135
> the function "test2" gets this: psql:temp3.sql:10: ERROR: syntax error
>at or near "ROWTYPE" at character 141
>
>Very odd. The first doesn't even like the '%' character -- perhaps because
>doof is a table type rather than a column (domain) type???
>
>And when we schema qualify the name of the table then the % is ok, but
>ROWTYPE is not.
>
>Is this a well-known limitation or a new (7.4) bug? I tried combing the
>docs to no avail.
>
>Thanks,
>
> Ezra E.
>
><code>
>/*
> CREATE TABLE doof ( "pk_id" serial )
> WITHOUT OIDS;
>*/
>
>CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test(INTEGER)
> RETURNS doof%ROWTYPE AS '
>SELECT * FROM doof WHERE pk_id=$1;
> ' LANGUAGE SQL STABLE RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT;
>
>CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test2(INTEGER)
> RETURNS public.doof%ROWTYPE AS '
>SELECT * FROM doof WHERE pk_id=$1;
> ' LANGUAGE SQL STABLE RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT;
> </code>
>
>
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Try replacing the rowtype with SETOF doof:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test(INTEGER)
RETURNS SETOF doof AS '
SELECT * FROM doof WHERE pk_id=$1;
' LANGUAGE SQL STABLE RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT;
Hope that helps.
Ron