Q about function

Started by Ben-Nes Michaelover 24 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Ben-Nes Michael
miki@canaan.co.il

Hi All

What mean the:
RETURNS OPAQUE

in create function ?
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#2Bruce Momjian
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In reply to: Ben-Nes Michael (#1)
Re: Q about function

What mean the:
RETURNS OPAQUE

in create function ?

The sort answer is that it returns a data type that is internal and not
exported to PostgreSQL users; usually it is some type of internal value
used by other parts of the system.

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