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To: Marco Bubke <marco@bubke.de>
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Subject: Re: Second maximum value 
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Comments: In-reply-to Marco Bubke <marco@bubke.de>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Marco Bubke <marco@bubke.de> writes:
> create type counter_max as (
> maximum real,
> value int );

> create or replace function x_max(counter_max, real) returns counter_max as '
> declare
>     maxi alias for $1;
>     value alias for $2;
>     result counter_max;

I think at the moment you need to say

	result counter_max%rowtype;

Otherwise plpgsql thinks "result" has scalar type and doesn't do the
right things.

			regards, tom lane