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Function execute query, manipulates result and then return the same result

I need a function that does something like this pseudocode: function get_data() RETURN SET OF something... as BEGIN myResultSet = select id, some_other_column from ...... limit 20000; update ...
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Function quote_nullable(timestamp without time zone) is not unique

When I run this query on "enterprisedb 9.2", it raises an error: select quote_nullable(to_date('09-02-2014 ','dd-MM-yyyy'))::date; Error: LINE 1: select quote_nullable(to_date('09-02-2014 ','dd-MM-...
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Is Postgres ignoring my function cost annotation?

Why does this: create or replace function dummy() returns double precision as $$ SELECT random() $$ LANGUAGE SQL COST 777; explain select dummy(); return this: Result (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=...
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Postgresql function to create table

I want to create a function in order to create a table with a specific structure pasing part of the name of the table as an argument so the name of the table is t_ . Similar to this: CREATE OR ...
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Recursive query using plpgsql

I'm trying to write a plpgsql function that recursively returns a set of columns from records in a tree structure. I have a data table and a table to link the data together: DATATABLE ----------- id ...
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