Composite type within a composite type? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Juan Miguel Paredes
Subject Composite type within a composite type?
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Msg-id 9e0a286905071814031e9140aa@mail.gmail.com
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Hi, folks!

Reading previous posts on returning composite types in pl/pgsql, I
still haven't found a good answer for this issue:

Let's say we create this table:

/*************************************************************************************/
CREATE TABLE "tbl_estadosoporte" (
  "id" CHAR(1) NOT NULL,
  "nombreestado" VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
  CONSTRAINT "tbl_estadosoporte_pkey" PRIMARY KEY("id")
) WITH OIDS;
/*************************************************************************************/

Now, I want a pl/pgsql function returning:

a) error_code (depending on logic conditions)
b) Result set (tbl_estadosoporte%TYPE)

My first guess was:

/*************************************************************************************/
CREATE TYPE "tp_res_conestadosdisponiblessoporte" AS (
  "codigoerror" VARCHAR(100),
  "filas" tbl_estadosoporte /* Implicit Composite type created with table */
);
/*************************************************************************************/

But, when executing pl/pgsql function:


/*************************************************************************************/
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "conestadosdisponiblessoporte"
(estadoactual varchar) RETURNS "tp_res_conestadosdisponiblessoporte"
AS
$body$
DECLARE
  res helpdesk.tp_res_conestadosdisponiblessoporte;
BEGIN
  IF estadoactual = 'Abierto' THEN
    SELECT INTO res.filas *
    FROM tbl_estadosoporte
    WHERE id NOT IN ('A','P')
    ORDER BY id;

/*  SOME OTHER CONDITIONS HERE... */
  END IF;

  res.codigoerror = 'OK'

  RETURN res;

EXCEPTION
/* SOME ERROR TRAPPING */
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    res.codigoerror = 'Generic error :p';
    RETURN res;
END;
$body$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE CALLED ON NULL INPUT SECURITY INVOKER;
/*************************************************************************************/

(BTW, this is just a work in progress.. :D )

I got the error:

ERROR:  cannot assign non-composite value to a row variable.

Couldn't find other posts regarding the above message...

Perhaps it's just a design problem... this was a T-SQL (MsSQLServer)
stored procedure, with both OUTPUT parameters and a resultset...

Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thx!!

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