Tom,

BTW, with the quick response you provided (THANKS!) I probably should have
pinged the list sooner in my search...

David J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us] 
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 5:33 PM
To: David Johnston
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Select + Functions + Composite Types: Behavior 

"David Johnston" <pol...@yahoo.com> writes:
> If I put a function that returns a composite type into the FROM clause 
> of a SELECT query (and it - the function - is the only source for the 
> query) the "*" select list expands so that there is a single record 
> for each component of the composite type.

> SELECT * FROM compositereturningfunction() Yields -> 2 columns (one 
> for id and one for data)

> I've read quite a bit about plpgsql and composite types and do not 
> recall anything about this specific default behavior and methods to 
> force
> (workaround) to the other behavior.

It's just like tables. Try

        select x from compositereturningfunction() x

                        regards, tom lane


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