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To: "Otto Blomqvist" <o.blomqvist@secomintl.com>
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Subject: Re: Problems with Set Returning Functions (SRFs) 
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Otto Blomqvist" <o.blomqvist@secomintl.com> writes:
> secom=# select f1, f2, f3 from testpassbyval(1, (Select number1 from test));
> ERROR:  more than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression

In 8.0 I think it'd work to do

select (x).f1, (x).f2, (x).f3 from
(select testpassbyval(1, number1) as x from test) ss;

			regards, tom lane