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Update for tables returning function, item 5.3, from Joe Conway.

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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Sun Oct 13 23:15:09 EDT 2002</P>
<P>Last updated: Thu Oct 17 19:33:40 EDT 2002</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
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<H4><A name="5.3">5.3</A>) How do I write a C function to return a
tuple?</H4>
<P>This requires wizardry so extreme that the authors have never
tried it, though in principle it can be done.</P>
<P>In versions of PostgreSQL beginning with 7.3, table-returning
functions are fully supported in C, PL/PgSQL, and SQL. See the
Programmer's Guide for more information. An example of a
table-returning function defined in C can be found in
contrib/tablefunc.</P>
<H4><A name="5.4">5.4</A>) I have changed a source file. Why does
the recompile not see the change?</H4>