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doc: show functions returning record types and use of ROWS FROM
Previously it was unclear exactly how ROWS FROM behaved and how to cast the data types of columns returned by FROM functions. Also document that only non-OUT record functions can have their columns cast to data types. Reported-by: guyren@gmail.com Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/158638264419.662.2482095087061084020@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 9.5
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@ -762,7 +762,8 @@ SELECT * FROM vw_getfoo;
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In some cases it is useful to define table functions that can
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return different column sets depending on how they are invoked.
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To support this, the table function can be declared as returning
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the pseudo-type <type>record</type>. When such a function is used in
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the pseudo-type <type>record</type> with no <literal>OUT</literal>
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parameters. When such a function is used in
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a query, the expected row structure must be specified in the
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query itself, so that the system can know how to parse and plan
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the query. This syntax looks like:
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@ -803,6 +804,33 @@ SELECT *
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that the parser knows, for example, what <literal>*</literal> should
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expand to.
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</para>
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<para>
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This example uses <literal>ROWS FROM</literal>:
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<programlisting>
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SELECT *
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FROM ROWS FROM
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(
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json_to_recordset('[{"a":40,"b":"foo"},{"a":"100","b":"bar"}]')
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AS (a INTEGER, b TEXT),
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generate_series(1, 3)
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) AS x (p, q, s)
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ORDER BY p;
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p | q | s
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-----+-----+---
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40 | foo | 1
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100 | bar | 2
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</programlisting>
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It joins two functions into a single <literal>FROM</literal>
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target. <function>json_to_recordset()</function> is instructed
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to return two columns, the first <type>integer</type>
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and the second <type>text</type>. The result of
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<function>generate_series()</function> is used directly.
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The <literal>ORDER BY</literal> clause sorts the column values
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as integers.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="queries-lateral">
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