Thread: Stored Procedure to return a result set

Dear PG users,

I'm attempting to create a stored procedure which returns a result set
from the handset table to the caller.

This stored proc will eventually be called by JDBC application. I'm
using pgadmin to write and test.

No luck so far. Here's what I have......

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getunassigned(state integer)
  RETURNS SETOF macaddr AS
$BODY$BEGIN
        SELECT mac FROM handsets WHERE state=$1;
END;$BODY$
  LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
ALTER FUNCTION getunassigned(state integer) OWNER TO "IPTHSACC";

when calling it via the query tool....
IPTHsAcc=> SELECT * FROM getunassigned(1);

I get an error thus....
ERROR:  SELECT query has no destination for result data
HINT:  If you want to discard the results, use PERFORM instead.
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "getunassigned" line 2 at SQL statement

Please could somebody show me a simple example of a stored proc/func
which returns a set.

my table is....

CREATE TABLE handsets (
    mac macaddr NOT NULL,
    state smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL
);


many thanks for any pointers.

Rob

----- Original Message -----

From: Jasbinder Singh Bali

To: Rob Shepherd

Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org

Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:12 AM

Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Stored Procedure to return a result set

On 1 Feb 2007 08:57:14 -0800, Rob Shepherd <rgshepherd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear PG users,
>
> I'm attempting to create a stored procedure which returns a result set
> from the handset table to the caller.
>
> This stored proc will eventually be called by JDBC application. I'm
> using pgadmin to write and test.
>
> No luck so far. Here's what I have......
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getunassigned(state integer)
>  RETURNS SETOF macaddr AS
> $BODY$BEGIN
>        SELECT mac FROM handsets WHERE state=$1;
> END;$BODY$
>  LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
> ALTER FUNCTION getunassigned(state integer) OWNER TO "IPTHSACC";
>

I think your function should return set of handsets instead of macaddr.

What is macaddr here?

> when calling it via the query tool....
> IPTHsAcc=> SELECT * FROM getunassigned(1);
>
> I get an error thus....
> ERROR:  SELECT query has no destination for result data
> HINT:  If you want to discard the results, use PERFORM instead.
> CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "getunassigned" line 2 at SQL statement
>
> Please could somebody show me a simple example of a stored proc/func
> which returns a set.
>

 

CREATE FUNCTION getfoo(int) RETURNS setof foo AS '
    SELECT * FROM foo WHERE fooid = $1;
' LANGUAGE SQL;

> my table is....
>
> CREATE TABLE handsets (
>    mac macaddr NOT NULL,
>    state smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL
> );
>
>
> many thanks for any pointers.
>
> Rob
>
>
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Hi Rob,

Think I can answer this one, but I count myself as a novice so I don't
guarantee there's no mistakes here.
Firstly you need to use EXECUTE 'SELECT', secondly you need to return
the set, e.g. from one of mine

    CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getunassigned(state integer)
      RETURNS SETOF macaddr AS
    $BODY
    $DECLARE
        i record;
        myvalue macaddr%rowtype;

    $BEGIN
               FOR i in EXECUTE 'SELECT mac FROM handsets WHERE state=$1' LOOP
            RETURN NEXT myvalue;
        END LOOP;
        RETURN;

    END;$BODY$
      LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
I'm not sure what $1 is referring to so I don't know how to quote that,
and I'm assuming maccaddr is a rowtype but perhaps you've defined it as
something else. Here's one of mine that I know works.
return_expanded_fields_for_func is a user-defined rowtype.







    <!--
        @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm }
        P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }
    -->

    CREATE FUNCTION
add_collocation(mywords
text, myhos text, mysem text) RETURNS SETOF
        return_expanded_fields_for_func AS $$
    DECLARE
        tmpsem text = mysem;
        tmpwords text = mywords;
        ret
return_expanded_fields_for_func%rowtype;
    BEGIN
       --escape quotes
         tmpsem =
regexp_replace(tmpsem, '\'', '\\\'', 'g');
        tmpwords =
regexp_replace(tmpwords, '\'', '\\\'', 'g');
       
        --this function adds to tables
        EXECUTE 'SELECT * FROM add_entry
(\'collocations\', \'' || tmpwords || '\', \'' || myhos || '\', \'\',
\'' || tmpsem || '\', \'\', \'\', \'\', \'\', \'\')';
        --now output what we've done, using fields from a view on those
tables
        EXECUTE 'CREATE TEMP TABLE pron_tmp
AS SELECT * FROM show_all_fields_expanded_refs WHERE headword = \''
|| tmpwords || '\'';
        FOR ret IN EXECUTE 'SELECT *
FROM
pron_tmp ORDER BY ho, vo' LOOP
                RETURN NEXT ret;
        END LOOP;

        DROP TABLE pron_tmp;
        RETURN;
    END;
    $$
    LANGUAGE plpgsql;

HTH,
Sue Fitt
Rob Shepherd wrote:
<blockquote
 cite="mid1170349034.900196.235690@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com"
 type="cite">
  Dear PG users,

I'm attempting to create a stored procedure which returns a result set
from the handset table to the caller.

This stored proc will eventually be called by JDBC application. I'm
using pgadmin to write and test.

No luck so far. Here's what I have......

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getunassigned(state integer)
  RETURNS SETOF macaddr AS
$BODY$BEGIN
        SELECT mac FROM handsets WHERE state=$1;
END;$BODY$
  LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
ALTER FUNCTION getunassigned(state integer) OWNER TO "IPTHSACC";

when calling it via the query tool....
IPTHsAcc=> SELECT * FROM getunassigned(1);

I get an error thus....
ERROR:  SELECT query has no destination for result data
HINT:  If you want to discard the results, use PERFORM instead.
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "getunassigned" line 2 at SQL statement

Please could somebody show me a simple example of a stored proc/func
which returns a set.

my table is....

CREATE TABLE handsets (
    mac macaddr NOT NULL,
    state smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL
);


many thanks for any pointers.

Rob


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