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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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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