--- Kent Anderson <kenta@ezyield.com> wrote:
> I am attempting to use a stored procedure to pull a
> report from the
> database. My questions is if its even possible to
> pull the data using a
> function and then treat the returned data as a
> normal recordset with the web
> pages.
>
> The actual function looks like
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION submissionreport(integer,
> date, text) RETURNS
> RECORD AS'
Your return value has to be of a specific type
("record" is too generic). Every table automatically
has a type created, which each of its rows conforms
to. Or you could create a custom type, using "create
type".
>
> DECLARE
> somekey ALIAS for $1;
> somedate ALIAS for $2;
> somesortorder ALIAS for $3;
> submission RECORD;
> BEGIN
>
> SELECT INTO submission (... stuff goes here)
> ORDER BY sort;
>
> RETURN submission;
> END;
> ' LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> The error being returned is in the web pages"
> SQLState: 08S01 Native Error Code: 1 Error while
> executing the query;
> ERROR: cannot display a value of type record"
>
>
>
> Kent Anderson
> EZYield.com
> 407-629-0900
> www.ezyield.com
>
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