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Subject: PL/pgSQL, RETURN NEXT, ORDER
From: Markus Bertheau <twanger@bluetwanger.de>
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Hi,

When I call a PL/pgSQL function that looks roughly like the following:

...
FOR x IN SELECT ... ORDER BY ... LOOP
	RETURN NEXT x;
END LOOP;
RETURN;
END;

Is the order of the rows guaranteed to be preserved?

Thanks.

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Markus Bertheau <twanger@bluetwanger.de>