[postgis-users] Re: [SQL] Problem using set-returning functions

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Stephan,

Stephan Szabo wrote:

> It's an implementation detail. Some languages handle SRFs in a way that
> can be handled in the select list (SQL and C I think) and others do not
> (plpgsql).

Ah, that's an enlightening explanation, thanks.

> The latter will likely change at some point, although there are
> some confusing issues with SRFs in the select list as well, see the
> difference in behavior between:
> 
> select generate_series(1,10), generate_series(1,5);
>  vs
> select * from generate_series(1,10) g1, generate_series(1,5) g2;

I know that the SRF special semantics are ugly, and would vote for
adjacent tables to be implemented as replacement.

Markus
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