Re: Two fixes for plpgsql.sgml - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Guillaume Lelarge
Subject Re: Two fixes for plpgsql.sgml
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Msg-id 474D3962.2070709@lelarge.info
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In response to Re: Two fixes for plpgsql.sgml  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: Two fixes for plpgsql.sgml  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Neil Conway a écrit :
> On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 08:17 +0100, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
>> This patch fixes two issues on plpgsql.sgml.
>
> The first hunk seems like a regression to me: AFAICS the current
> phrasing is what is intended.
>
> *** 133,139 ****
>
>       <para>
>        <application>PL/pgSQL</> functions can also be declared to return
> !      a <quote>set</>, or table, of any data type they can return a
> single
>        instance of.  Such a function generates its output by executing
>        <command>RETURN NEXT</> for each desired element of the result
>        set, or by using <command>RETURN QUERY</> to output the result of
> --- 133,139 ----
>
>       <para>
>        <application>PL/pgSQL</> functions can also be declared to return
> !      a <quote>set</>, or table, or any data type they can return a
> single
>        instance of.  Such a function generates its output by executing
>        <command>RETURN NEXT</> for each desired element of the result
>        set, or by using <command>RETURN QUERY</> to output the result of
>

That's why I said that it needs to be reviewed carefully :) It just
means I didn't understand the sentence. Can you explain why the last
part is needed ? (the part that starts with "of any data type...")

Thanks.


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