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<chapter id="plpgsql"> |
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<title><application>PL/pgSQL</application> - <acronym>SQL</acronym> Procedural Language</title> |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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<application>PL/pgSQL</> functions can also be declared to return |
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a <quote>set</>, or table. Such a function generates its output by |
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executing <command>RETURN NEXT</> for each desired element of the result |
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set, or by using <command>RETURN QUERY</> to output the result of |
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<application>PL/pgSQL</> functions can also be declared to return a |
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group of values, either as a single row, or a group of rows, like a |
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table. Such a function generates its output by executing |
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<command>RETURN NEXT</> for each desired element of the result set, |
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or by using <command>RETURN QUERY</> to output the result of |
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evaluating a query. |
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</para> |
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