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To: Yambu <hyambu@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: function INPUT as whole table
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:33:28 -0400
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Yambu <hyambu@gmail.com> writes:
> Is it possible to have as input to a function , a whole table contents, if
> the table is a small lookup table?
Not directly, but you might be able to achieve the effect by opening a
cursor and passing the cursor name to the function, which could fetch
from it. See the examples in the cursor section of the plpgsql manual.
regards, tom lane
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