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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:00:35 +0200
From: Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem using set-returning functions
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Hi, John,

John DeSoi wrote:

> With SRFs, you need to specify what you want to select. In other  words
> if you are calling generate_x(bar) you need "select * from 
> generate_x(bar)" -- "select generate_x(bar)" will not work.

So, then, why does it work with generate_series() and dump()?

Confused,
Markus
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