Hello use SELECT * FROM actionlist(...); Regards Pavel Stehule 2008/5/16 A B <gentosaker@xxxxxxxxx>: >> How you generate the results is up to you. when you have them you >> either use RETURN NEXT or RETURN QUERY to return them to the caller. > > Now I get the reply > > ERROR: set-valued function called in context that cannot accept a set > CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "actionlist" line 11 at return next > > and here is the function (and a datatype that is used for the return values) > > > CREATE TYPE Ttelnr_action AS ( > nr VARCHAR(30), > action CHAR(1) > ); > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION actionlist(tid_ TIMESTAMP) RETURNS SETOF > Ttelnr_action AS $$ > DECLARE > rec RECORD; > result Ttelnr_action; > BEGIN > FOR rec IN SELECT DISTINCT custid,nr,action FROM Actions > LOOP > IF rec.action = 'view_important_message' THEN > result.nr := rec.nr; > result.action := 'd'; > RETURN NEXT result; > ELSIF rec.action = 'download_movie' THEN > result.nr := rec.nr; > result.action := 'v'; > RETURN NEXT result; > END IF; > END LOOP; > RETURN; > END; > $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >