Fix plpgsql's handling of "return simple_record_variable".

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Commit: dfd85098030475dbc38abe623f852d3aa1e1a40b
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2026-02-11T21:53:14Z
Releases: 17.9
Fix plpgsql's handling of "return simple_record_variable".

If the variable's value is null, exec_stmt_return() missed filling
in estate->rettype.  This is a pretty old bug, but we'd managed not
to notice because that value isn't consulted for a null result ...
unless we have to cast it to a domain.  That case led to a failure
with "cache lookup failed for type 0".

The correct way to assign the data type is known by exec_eval_datum.
While we could copy-and-paste that logic, it seems like a better
idea to just invoke exec_eval_datum, as the ROW case already does.

Reported-by: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAFj8pRBT_ahexDf-zT-cyH8bMR_qcySKM8D5nv5MvTWPiatYGA@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 14

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