Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jsypd-0003lB-NZ for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:25:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jsypc-0003wJ-Lp for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:25:04 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jsypc-0003wB-F0 for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:25:04 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.34]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jsypZ-0001K8-Pb for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:25:04 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC219BFC67; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 01:24:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at emo04-pco.easydns.vpn Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (emo04-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iD2lleXSQ8Fc; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 01:24:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shr-macbook-pro.local (unknown [4.28.96.150]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9824ABFC5E; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 01:24:56 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) Subject: Re: SELECTing from a function where i don't want the results From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 19:24:55 -0600 Cc: Ron , pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6AB3C50F-1020-4BE5-AC5B-576009310954@elevated-dev.com> References: <911059a0-d138-7ea3-044e-0d7ca71755a2@gmail.com> To: Wells Oliver X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk > On Jul 7, 2020, at 7:14 PM, Wells Oliver = wrote: >=20 > Sorry guys, it works exactly the way I want, just wanted to suppress = its output when called for thousands of rows. Apologies if I wasn't = clear enough. It seems that it doesn't work the way you want, because it can output = thousands of rows ;-)