Re: Cast as compound type - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Cast as compound type
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Msg-id 20080330201524.GB12289@fetter.org
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In response to Re: Cast as compound type  ("Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:00:33PM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hello
> 
> maybe I don't understand well your idea. There exist simple syntax -
> table function
> 
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-02/msg00341.php
> 
> and it is standard

It's completely different from your patch, which specifies the return
type at the time you create the function.

This idea takes functions which return SETOF RECORD, that is functions
which determine their return type at run time instead of create time,
and short-cuts the cast that you need to do at run time.

Cheers,
David.
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