Add an example of a SQL function with output parameters returning

multiple rows.  I had thought this case was covered, but there was
no example in the obvious section to look in.
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Tom Lane 2007-11-10 20:14:36 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml,v 1.129 2007/06/26 22:05:04 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml,v 1.130 2007/11/10 20:14:36 tgl Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="xfunc">
<title>User-Defined Functions</title>
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</screen>
</para>
<para>
It is also possible to return multiple rows with the columns defined by
output parameters, like this:
<programlisting>
CREATE FUNCTION sum_n_product_with_tab (x int, OUT sum int, OUT product int) RETURNS SETOF record AS $$
SELECT x + tab.y, x * tab.y FROM tab;
$$ LANGUAGE SQL;
</programlisting>
The key point here is that you must write <literal>RETURNS SETOF record</>
to indicate that the function returns multiple rows instead of just one.
If there is only one output parameter, write that parameter's type
instead of <type>record</>.
</para>
<para>
Currently, functions returning sets can also be called in the select list
of a query. For each row that the query