Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do other databases not allow you to specify a return value in addition to the > OUT and INOUT parameters?
Oracle discourages OUT parameters in a function, so PL/SQL at least shouldn't be a big source of cases where that's a problem. > I would have expected the return value to be an extra column added to the > record. I'd prefer not to do that, because having a "return type" that's different from the true return type of the function (ie the RECORD) is going to cause untold amounts of confusion. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings