Re: functions vs stored procedures - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: functions vs stored procedures
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Msg-id 20050715131641.GA26236@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: functions vs stored procedures  (Ezequiel Tolnay <mail@etolnay.com.ar>)
Responses Re: functions vs stored procedures  (Ezequiel Tolnay <mail@etolnay.com.ar>)
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 10:57:04AM +1000, Ezequiel Tolnay wrote:
> Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately id didn't address any of my
> concerns. I alreay use the version 8, and I'm aware of the possibility
> of using arrays for the results, which allows for some flexibility. But
> unfortunately arrays are not records, and I'm limited to values of the
> same types, and cannot refer the values from their column names. To
> create this function I also have to build the arrays for each result,
> casting all the values to text in a way that I would be able to convert
> back to the original value.

Wow, incredible.  You misread the whole documentation.

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