Re: what exactly is a query structure?

On 02/26/10 09:50, silly sad wrote:
> hello.
>
> Postgresql 8.3.9
>
> CREATE TYPE usr_secrets AS (login TEXT, pass TEXT, shop_pass TEXT);
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_noobs () RETURNS SETOF usr_secrets AS $$
> BEGIN
> RETURN QUERY SELECT login, '*' as pass, shop_pass FROM noob;
> RETURN;
> END;
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql SECURITY DEFINER;
>
> SELECT * from get_noobs();
>
> And we have the following error
>
> ERROR: structure of query does not match function result type
>


my own wild guess:
string constant '*' is of type "unknown"