On Tuesday 17 April 2007 15:17, Alexander B. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to create a function that find data over 3 tables, merge and
> return data.
> With example can be specified more clearly:
>
> 1.1 Find all addresses code;
> 1.2 For each addresses code, get address, complement and city on the
> first table;
> 1.3 For each addresses code, get address, complement and city on the
> second table;
> 1.4 Merge result from first and second tables and return to the function;
>
> I would like to do not using cursor.
> Do you have any ideas how to implement?
>
I'm not convinced you can't do this from plain sql, but if you're sure a
function is the way to go, see the docs on set returning functions:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/xfunc-sql.html#XFUNC-SQL-TABLE-FUNCTIONS
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Robert Treat
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