I think this is bad idea. Better you use cursors.
2011/2/10, Alessandro Candini <candini@meeo.it>:
> Here you are my probably uncommon situation.
>
> I have installed 4 different instances of postgresql-9.0.2 on the same
> machine, on ports 5433, 5434, 5435, 5436.
> On these instances I have splitted a huge database, dividing it per date
> (from 1995 to 1998 on 5433, from 1999 to 2002 on 5434 and so on...).
> Then I have developed a C function using libpq which creates 4 threads,
> each one which query a 1/4 of the db. After that I merge the results in
> one single response.
>
> My function works fine, but I need to include it inside a postgresql
> instance in order to launch it as a normal SQL query (SELECT myfunc(...);).
> Why I have to do something tricky like this is long too explain...
>
> I have read the documentation here
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/xfunc-sql.html#XFUNC-SQL-FUNCTIONS-RETURNING-SET,
> but I'm pretty confuse and I don't know if this is the right way to
> accomplish my goal.
>
> Have you got any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
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