need some help in function

[jesmi]

i have a function:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fn_confirm_sms("varchar", "varchar", "varchar", "varchar", "varchar")
  RETURNS "varchar" AS
$BODY$
declare
 v_user_mobile_no varchar(30);
 v_return varchar;
 v_paying_agent_cd varchar(30);
 v_user_agent_cd varchar(30);
 v_amt numeric(12,2);
 v_amount numeric(12,2);
 v_stage varchar(1);
 v_benef varchar(50);
 v_remit_by varchar(50);
 
 
begin
 
 select user_mobile_no,paying_agent_cd 
 into v_user_mobile_no,v_user_agent_cd
 from users
 where name = $1;
 
 if v_user_mobile_no = $4 then
 
 
 
  select paying_agent_code,to_number(amount,999999999.99),stage,benef_name,remit_by
  into v_paying_agent_cd,v_amt,v_stage,v_benef ,v_remit_by
  from remittance_info 
 where rad_no = $2;
 
if v_stage = '1' then
    v_amount = v_amt-500;
 
  if v_paying_agent_cd = v_user_agent_cd then
    if v_amt = to_number($3,999999999.99) then
    update remittance_info set stage=3,remittance_confirm_dt=now(),info_id=$5 where rad_no=$2;
 
 
    if v_remit_by = 'web' then
    insert into diposit (paying_agent_code,amount,diposit_entry_date,diposit_by,diposit_type,
    remarks,rad_no,benef_name,comm,media) values(v_paying_agent_cd,v_amt,now(),$1,'dr','',$2,v_benef,'100.00',$4);
    else
    insert into diposit (paying_agent_code,amount,diposit_entry_date,diposit_by,diposit_type,
    remarks,rad_no,benef_name,comm,media) values(v_paying_agent_cd,v_amount,now(),$1,'dr','',$2,v_benef,'0.00',$4);
    end if;
 
      return 'Confirmed Successfully to'||'  '||v_benef;
 
    else
      return 'Invalid Amount';
    end if;
 
  else
    return 'Paying Agent Not Found';
  end if;
 
 elsif v_stage='3' then
  return 'Already Confirmed';
else 
return 'Not Authorized';
 end if;
else
return 'N/A';
end if;
 
end$BODY$
  LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

i want to return two values after confirmed successfully like
return 'Confirmed Successfully to'||' '||v_benef ,$5;

but i don't have the idea
please help me

thanks in advance

[rski]

But your function returns varchar. So you can combine a varchar from both variables or change the returning type.