On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Postgres User <postgres.developer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a simple function that returns a set of rows: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo() > RETURNS SETOF record AS > $$ > BEGIN > RETURN QUERY SELECT * FROM people WHERE last_name = 'jones'; > END > $$ > LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' > > In a separate function, I call the function and store the results in a > temp table using this syntax: > > INSERT INTO tmp_tbl SELECT * FROM foo() > > > This works, but I'd like to know if there's another way to hold the > results. Can I get the results from foo() and store those in a local > var such as > > recs record[] OR > recs people[] > > Or are temp tables the only way to hold table-based results? Nope, starting with pg 8.4 you can create temp result sets with the WITH keyword. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
