Question

I wrote a function to return a set of records (RETURNS SETOF) , using return next.

Is there a way to sort the result set before returning? something like accessing a reference of the set, sort it, then return.
I already did use order by in some queries, but i need to write additional code to sort the result.

As a workaround i’m calling the function like this:

select * from (select * from myfunction() ) d 
order by d.whatever,d.othercolumn

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you are unable to order data before return next – you can wrap call of your function in another function, select data from it with desired ordering and return it.