Hi all. I have a function returning setof record. The name of a table it acts on is one of its input variables, and its output is a set of rows from that table. E.g. for simplicity, imagine it's this pointless function: create or replace function select_all_from(table_name text) returns setof record as $$ declare begin return query execute 'select * from ' || quote_ident(table_name); end $$ language 'plpgsql' stable; When I now query this I have to do something like the following, with an 'as' clause specifying what is going to be returned: select column_a from select_all_from('some_table') as (column_a integer, column_b text); When some_table has a lot of columns, this is a real pain. I see in the PG documentation that each table is also a type of its own. Thus I had hoped to be able to write the following instead: select id from select_all_from('some_table') as some_table; However, this is rejected ('a column definition list is required for functions returning "record"'). So -- is there some other syntax or workaround that I can use to can achieve this -- i.e. to persuade PG to accept a table type in lieu of a manually-recreated column definition list? (And if not, where might I best suggest this as a possible future enhancement?) Many thanks for your help, George -- George MacKerron | +44 (0)20 7193 7369 | http://personal.lse.ac.uk/mackerro/ Department of Geography & Environment, London School of Economics Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general