Re: Return a "results set", use a temporary table or use a table? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: Return a "results set", use a temporary table or use a table?
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In response to Return a "results set", use a temporary table or use a table?  (Hadley Willan <hadley.willan@deeper.co.nz>)
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Hadley Willan <hadley.willan@deeper.co.nz> writes:
> However, my question is, what is the best way I can use to operate on
> the results that are generated by C.  What I mean is A or B will call
> into C and, C will generate a "results set" that A or B need to use.

Try using PostgreSQL 7.3 -- it has much improved support for
set-returning functions ("table functions"), which can be defined in
PL/PgSQL, C, and SQL.

Cheers,

Neil

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