am Thu, dem 28.09.2006, um 12:31:37 +0200 mailte Martijn van Oosterhout folgendes: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:15:19AM +0200, A. Kretschmer wrote: > > am Thu, dem 28.09.2006, um 9:46:29 +0200 mailte Matthias.Pitzl@xxxxxx folgendes: > > > Hello all! > > > > > > Is it possible to define a complex return type like a record in a function > > > without having some table around with the needed structure of the return > > > values? > > > > Yes, you can define a new type: > > > > CREATE TYPE name AS > > ( attribute_name data_type [, ... ] ) > > Also, in more recent versions (8.1 I think) you can use OUT parameters > to create anonymous types. Oh yes, thanks. A little example: test=# create function foo(OUT b text, OUT i int) as $$begin b := 'foo'; i:=1; end; $$ language plpgsql; CREATE FUNCTION test=*# select * from foo(); b | i -----+--- foo | 1 (1 row) Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47215, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net eMail schreiben kann jeder -- lernen: http://webserv/email/email.html