Re: Me And My Database

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 11:04:19AM +0200, Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
> One question: When I have a function like this:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_source_text(INTEGER) RETURNS TEXT AS $$
> DECLARE
>     src sources%ROWTYPE;

<snip>

> What do you suggest that I write instead of "SELECT * FROM sources INTO
> src", when src is defined as sources%ROWTYPE? The table sources is
> defined as:

IIRC, if you just declare src as type "record" you can select any
fields you like. AIUI, declaring a row to be of a specific type is only
really important if you plan to return it or pass it to another
function.

Have a ncie day,
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