pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm a PG newbie, and I'm trying to write a function that returns a
> set of records.
> These records come from 2 or more tables (joined).
>
> When I have only 1 table, the return type of the function can be SETOF
> mytable.
> When I have 2 tables or more, am I obliged to create a type (CREATE
> TYPE) so that my function can return a SETOF mytype?
>
> This works fine, but I'm trying to avoid building a specific type for
> each row returning function.
> Is there any other solution (SQL or PLPGSQL)?
Yes, return setof record, look at this site, it helped me a lot.
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions
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Miguel