Question

I have a Postgresql function which returns a composite type defined as (location TEXT, id INT). When I run “SELECT myfunc()”, My output is a single column of type text, formatted as:

("locationdata", myid)

This is pretty awful. Is there a way to select my composite so that I get 2 columns back – a TEXT column, and an INT column?

Answer 1

Use:

SELECT * 
  FROM myfunc()

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