Re: function with multi-values

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 09:46:44AM +0800, Harry Yau wrote:
> Dear:
>     I wanna create a function that return a multiple rows in to a single
> 
> row.
> example:
> CREATE FUNCTION GETNAME() RETURNS SETOF VARCHAR AS 'SELECT NAME FROM
> TEST;' LANGUAGE 'SQL';
> 
> when i call this function it return:
> ----------
> peter
> susan
> john
> 
> but I wonder is it possible to make it to return something like
> ---------------------
> peter    susan    john
> 
> I have to use this result to print in quick report.
> THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Maybe you want your function to iterate through the records and return a
string of concatenated results?  Or does it need to be a tuple?  To do
so, I think you'd need to use pgplsql.

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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>