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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: code@lhorn.de
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: error on „ 38.5. Query Language (SQL) Functions“: a single row is returned
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 11:01:04 -0400
Message-ID: <157902.1663513264@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <166349067787.658.11227272900830206613@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <166349067787.658.11227272900830206613@wrigleys.postgresql.org>

PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/xfunc-sql.html
> Description:

> On the page „ 38.5. Query Language (SQL) Functions“ below the example

> CREATE FUNCTION new_emp() RETURNS emp AS $$
>     SELECT ROW('None', 1000.0, 25, '(2,2)')::emp;
> $$ LANGUAGE SQL;

> this sentence is wrong:

> „ Here we wrote a SELECT that returns just a single column of the correct
> composite type.“

> It is not a single column but a single row that is returned.

It's also a single column, which is more relevant to the point being
made.  Compare this to the immediately preceding example.

			regards, tom lane





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