plpgsql return select from multiple tables

Hi,

What is the correct way of writing plpgsql function which needs return
columns from multiple tables?

e.x.:
SELECT email FROM emails WHERE id = 1
SELECT backend FROM backends WHERE id = 1

I need plpgsql function return both email and backend in one line, like:
SELECT email, backend FROM ...


I do like this:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_user_data( INT )
RETURNS SETOF RECORD AS $$
DECLARE
    v_email RECORD;
    v_backend RECORD;
BEGIN
    SELECT email
      INTO v_email
      FROM emails
     WHERE id = $1;

    SELECT backend
      INTO v_backend
      FROM backends
     WHERE id = $1;

    RETURN QUERY SELECT v_email AS email,
                        v_backend AS backend;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' SECURITY DEFINER;


and then doing selects:
SELECT * FROM get_user_data('${id}') AS (email VARCHAR, backend VARCHAR)


Is it okay, there will be a lot of those queries?




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