From f99e525f0f0644522c0e93cb72297acd69963cf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:34:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update for tables returning function, item 5.3, from Joe
Conway.
---
doc/FAQ | 9 ++++++---
doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 9 ++++++---
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index 56d907042dd..0a11568350e 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Sun Oct 13 23:15:09 EDT 2002
+ Last updated: Thu Oct 17 19:33:40 EDT 2002
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -1113,8 +1113,11 @@ CREATE TABLE test (x int, modtime timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP );
5.3) How do I write a C function to return a tuple?
- This requires wizardry so extreme that the authors have never tried
- it, though in principle it can be done.
+ In versions of PostgreSQL beginning with 7.3, table-returning
+ functions are fully supported in C, PL/PgSQL, and SQL. See the
+ Programmer's Guide for more information. An example of a
+ table-returning function defined in C can be found in
+ contrib/tablefunc.
5.4) I have changed a source file. Why does the recompile not see the
change?
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index b8b24ccae02..879e9072142 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sun Oct 13 23:15:09 EDT 2002</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Thu Oct 17 19:33:40 EDT 2002</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -1408,8 +1408,11 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
<H4><A name="5.3">5.3</A>) How do I write a C function to return a
tuple?</H4>
- <P>This requires wizardry so extreme that the authors have never
- tried it, though in principle it can be done.</P>
+ <P>In versions of PostgreSQL beginning with 7.3, table-returning
+ functions are fully supported in C, PL/PgSQL, and SQL. See the
+ Programmer's Guide for more information. An example of a
+ table-returning function defined in C can be found in
+ contrib/tablefunc.</P>
<H4><A name="5.4">5.4</A>) I have changed a source file. Why does
the recompile not see the change?</H4>
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