Re: How to handle nested record data. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Sergey Konoplev
Subject Re: How to handle nested record data.
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Msg-id CAL_0b1uYKo+wXm=MqfZ7DM+-iak_sFLz_0npQqVBSsJkEXxj6A@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: How to handle nested record data.  (yi huang <yi.codeplayer@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:03 AM, yi huang <yi.codeplayer@gmail.com> wrote:
> It turns out i also need to define a type for the result record of `foo`,
> because record can't reveal the structure of the result (it complains:
> record "r" has no field "somerow").
> I have to created this type:
>
>   create type foo_result as (somerow  SomeTable, otherinfo  varchar);
>
> then change `r record;` to `r  foo_result;` , no need change `foo` itself,
> and it works now.
>
> I don't know is this the best way to do this though.

I am not sure my assumption is correct but have not you tried to do it like this

SELECT * FROM foo(seq) AS (somerow  SomeTable, otherinfo  varchar)

it will probably help to avoid creation of a separate type for the
function result.

>
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>> 2012/5/30 yi huang <yi.codeplayer@gmail.com>:
>> > I'm porting a oracle function to postgresql, which has signature like
>> > this:
>> >
>> >   FUNCTION foo
>> >      ( seq IN varchar
>> >      , somerow OUT SomeTable
>> >      , otherinfo OUT varchar
>> >      )
>> >
>> > It's easy to port this function itself to postgresql, but i have problem
>> > to
>> > execute this function and assign the results into variables:
>> >
>> >   SELECT (foo(seq)).* INTO (v_somerow, v_otherinfo);
>> >
>> > It complains v_somerow can not be row type.
>> >
>> > How to handle the result of function foo?
>> >
>> > Best regards.
>> > YiHuang.
>
>
>
>
> --
> http://yi-programmer.com/



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