Re: multimpe records output from a 'no-table' source - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 07:57:52AM +0200, Rafal Pietrak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There is this functions like 'current_date', 'current_database', etc.
> yielding a row of data without any table to source rows from. Like:
>     dev=# SELECT current_date;
>         date
>     ------------
>      2006-08-25
>     (1 row)

Not all functions require an input, as you see, so then you don't need
a table to get an output.

For the rest of your question, see generate_series();

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/functions-srf.html

Have a nice day,
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