I have a function A1 that returns setof records, and I use it in two ways: 1) from function A2, where I need results from A1 2) from function A3, where I don't need these results, all I need is to execute logic from A1
Here ale very simple versions of my functions:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION A1() RETURNS setof record AS $BODY$ begin -- some logic here return query select col from tab; end; $BODY$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION A2() RETURNS setof record AS $BODY$ begin -- some logic here return query select * from A1() as dummy ( x double precision); end; $BODY$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION A3() RETURNS VOID AS $BODY$ begin perform A1(); end; $BODY$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
And here are my function calls: select * from A1() as(x double precision) --ok select * from A2() as(x double precision) --ok select * from A3(); --not ok, argh!
The last one generates error "set-valued function called in context that cannot accept a set". Why doesn't PERFORM work here? Thanks for help..