Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> The existing syntax for FETCH already includes a way to specify the
> number of rows you want to fetch, as in this example from the
> documentation:
> FETCH FORWARD 5 FROM liahona;
> Why wouldn't that work here too?
Mm, okay, but you still have the other objections to address.
(And it remains the case that you can do this today with a plpgsql
function, which solves the indeterminate-rowtype problem by nailing
down the rowtype at the function result level.)
regards, tom lane