you can do this with a function that returns a refcursor.
(lookup refcursor in the docs)
you would call it something like this
select mycursorfunct();
fetch all from return_cursor;
In this example I hardcode the name return cursor and then call both
lines from a transaction.
you could also retrieve the name of the cursor into a variable, then do
something like(this is delphi code)
connection.starttransaction;
try
query1.sql.add('select mycursorfunct();');
query1.open;
refcursorname:= query1.fieldbyname('mycursofunct').asstring;
query1.close;
query1.sql.add('fetch all from '+refcursorname);
query1.open;
finally
connection.commit;
end;
You won't be able to do it exactly like M$ SQL server, but you can do
something equivelent with a couple extra lines of code.
A refcursor takes a couple of more lines of code on the client, but you
don't have to use a type or a record.
If you need a actual test function, let me know.
hope this helps,
Tony Caduto
http://www.amsoftwaredesign.com
Home of PG Lightning Admin for Postgresql 8.x
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@lookup char(50))
WITH ENCRYPTION AS BEGIN
-- ... a bunch of code to do some lookup, and then ...
SELECT
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@Result2 AS Result2,
@Result3 AS Result3,
@Result4 AS Result4
END
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