From c6722d7211166c24e876df6f9b45d080622838c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:14:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 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.

---
 doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml
index 0b8860c0c2..efee5d8d46 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $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>
@@ -661,6 +661,22 @@ SELECT * FROM getfoo(1) AS t1;
 </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
-- 
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