Functions that return RECORD type

["Craig Bryden" <postgresql@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I come from a MS-SQL background and am trying to figure out what is wrong
with the function below:
****************************************************************************
*************
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GetAccountInfo (p_AccID int)
RETURNS record
AS
$$
DECLARE
 r_Return record;
BEGIN
 SELECT a.Field1, a.Field2, a.Field4
 INTO r_Return
 FROM Account
 WHERE a.AccID = p_AccID;

 RETURN r_Return;
END;
$$
language 'plpgsql';
****************************************************************************
*************
When I run     select * from GetAccountInfo (100)    I get the following
error message: ERROR:  a column definition list is required for functions
returning "record"

please can someone explain to me how to create a column definition list.


Thanks


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