Postgres functions that return multiple values...

[Jaye Gallagher]

Hi there,

I'm coming from a MS-SQL/MySQL background, and am trying to understand the
way Postgres phrases "stored procedure" type stuff.

What is mystifying me, in particular, is the fact that all Postgres
functions can only return one thing, even if that one thing is a bunch of
similar objects.

How can one phrase a stored procedure like this as a function in Postgres:

Create Procedure Test(
IN Input Integer,
OUT Result1 Integer,
OUT Result2 Char(4),
OUT Result3 Varchar(16),
OUT Result4 Double)
Begin
Set Result1 = 1;
Set Result2 = "Test";
Set Result3 = "Hello, World.";
Set Result4 = "3.14159";
End

Also, does Postgres even implement INOUT parameters to functions?

Thanks,
Jaye.