Re: Return Table in StoredProceure/Function - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tony Shelver
Subject Re: Return Table in StoredProceure/Function
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In response to Re: Return Table in StoredProceure/Function  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Return Table in StoredProceure/Function  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Re: Return Table in StoredProceure/Function  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
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Well then SQL Server breaks that rule big time :)
Most people coming from a SQL Server background expect procedures to return a result set that can be queried, and in-out or out parameters to return variables for further information.



On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 at 17:20, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> wrote:
İlyas Derse schrieb am 20.11.2019 um 09:18:

> How can I return table in Stored Procedure ? I can do it in function but I
> have inout parameters.So I can not create in function. What can I do this
> case ?
>
> I guess,It should be like for function :
>
> CREATE or REPLACE FUNCTION public."test" (INOUT "x" integer, INOUT "y" text)
>
> RETURNS TABLE  ("id" integer,"filesize" character varying(36))AS $$
>  BEGINRETURN QUERYSELECT * FROM    public."tbl_employees" ;
> END;$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>

Procedures aren't meant to return anything (in Postgres specifically and in Computer Science in general).

If you want to return something use a function.




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