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@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@
and they can return a result of any of these types. They can also
accept or return any composite type (row type) specified by name.
It is also possible to declare a <application>PL/pgSQL</application>
- function as returning <type>record</type>, which means that the result
+ function as accepting <type>record</type>, which means that any
+ composite type will do as input, or
+ as returning <type>record</type>, which means that the result
is a row type whose columns are determined by specification in the
calling query, as discussed in <xref linkend="queries-tablefunctions"/>.
</para>
@@ -672,14 +674,6 @@ user_id users.user_id%TYPE;
</para>
<para>
- Only the user-defined columns of a table row are accessible in a
- row-type variable, not the OID or other system columns (because the
- row could be from a view). The fields of the row type inherit the
- table's field size or precision for data types such as
- <type>char(<replaceable>n</replaceable>)</type>.
- </para>
-
- <para>
Here is an example of using composite types. <structname>table1</structname>
and <structname>table2</structname> are existing tables having at least the
mentioned fields: