Re: Function returning any (tuple) type - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 04:51:04PM +1000, Ezequiel Tolnay wrote:
> Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me find a solution for this problem. I'm
> porting a database from MS SQL Server 2000 to PostgreSQL 8.0.1 (Windows).

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> The main problem I see is that the funcitions in PostgreSQL seem to be
> always bound to a particular result datatype. Is there a way to
> circumvent this?

Two solutions I can think of:

- Return SETOF RECORD and specify the type on the actual query from the
client
- Return a cursor reference.

Hope this helps,
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