Re: Definition of return types for own functions? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:15:19AM +0200, A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am  Thu, dem 28.09.2006, um  9:46:29 +0200 mailte Matthias.Pitzl@izb.de folgendes:
> > Hello all!
> >
> > Is it possible to define a complex return type like a record in a function
> > without having some table around with the needed structure of the return
> > values?
>
> Yes, you can define a new type:
>
> CREATE TYPE name AS
>     ( attribute_name data_type [, ... ] )

Also, in more recent versions (8.1 I think) you can use OUT parameters
to create anonymous types.

Have a nice day,
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