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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
Postgres-XC 1.1 2014-04-07 SPI_COPYTUPLE(3)