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SPI_copytuple

Name

SPI_copytuple -- make a copy of a row in the upper executor context

Synopsis

HeapTuple SPI_copytuple(HeapTuple row)

Description

SPI_copytuple makes a copy of a row in the upper executor context. This is normally used to return a modified row from a trigger. In a function declared to return a composite type, use SPI_returntuple instead.

Arguments

HeapTuple row

row to be copied

Return Value

the copied row; NULL only if tuple is NULL

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