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                 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
                                        
-   Last updated: Mon Mar 18 14:34:57 EST 2002
+   Last updated: Mon Apr 8 23:22:06 EDT 2002
    
    Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
    
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    4.22) Why are my subqueries using IN so slow?
    4.23) How do I perform an outer join?
    4.24) How do I perform queries using multiple databases?
+   4.25) How do I return multiple rows or columns from a function?
    
                             Extending PostgreSQL
                                       
@@ -1017,6 +1018,13 @@ SELECT *
    databases and merge the information that way.
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+    4.25) How do I return multiple rows or columns from a function?
+    
+   You can return result sets from PL/pgSQL functions using refcursors.
+   See
+   http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/plpgsql-cursors.html,
+   section 23.7.3.3.
+   
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     5.1) I wrote a user-defined function. When I run it in psql, why does it

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     Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
 
-    Last updated: Mon Mar 18 14:34:57 EST 2002
+    Last updated: Mon Apr  8 23:22:06 EDT 2002
 
     Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (
     "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected])
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      4.23) How do I perform an outer join?
      4.24) How do I perform queries using multiple
     databases?
+     4.25) How do I return multiple rows or columns
+     from a function?
      
 
     Extending PostgreSQL
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     different databases and merge the information that way.
     
 
+    4.25) How do I return multiple rows or columns
+     from a function?
+
+     You can return result sets from PL/pgSQL functions using
+     refcursors. See 
+     href="http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/plpgsql-cursors.html">
+     http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/plpgsql-cursors.html,
+     section 23.7.3.3.
+
+     
     Extending PostgreSQL
 
     5.1) I wrote a user-defined function. When I