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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:37:00 +0200
From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
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To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, dpradier@apartia.fr
Subject: Re: How to make a IN without a table... ?
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>
> Like "Tell me how much i spent between the 4th and the 7th og this
month
> ?" uses 4 and 7 as arguments, but need to fetch the datas in the
> database.
> Clear enough ? :-)
Yes.
>
> What do you mean by table function ?

Table functions are aka SetReturningFunctions.
Refer to
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions

Regards, Christoph