Re: Definition of return types for own functions?

Matthias.Pitzl@izb.de wrote:
> Is it possible to define a complex return type like a record in a function
> without having some table around with the needed structure of the return
> values?

Sure, you just have to specify the columns at select time instead (and
this is easy enough to wrap inside a view).

CREATE FUNCTION foo(TEXT) RETURNS SETOF RECORD AS '...' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' ;

SELECT * FROM foo('bar') AS x(a,b,c,d) ;


Regards,
LL