pgsql return table ERROR: column reference is ambiguous
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Solution
Ambiguous column references are due to there being more than one column available of the same name. In this case I guess it's a quirk of returning a table. Try changing the query to:
SELECT egroupdata.person FROM egroupdata WHERE egroup IN (SELECT recurse(_init_id))
This will disambiguate the column reference.
Problem
I keep getting this ERROR: column reference "person" is ambiguous. It is required of me to return a TABLE (person integer). It works fine when I use SETOF integer but in this instance it doesn't work. My other function recurse() returns a set of integers perfectly well. ``` CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION try(_group text) RETURNS TABLE (person integer) AS $$ DECLARE _init_id integer; _record integer; BEGIN SELECT id INTO _init_id FROM egroups WHERE name = _group; FOR _record in SELECT person FROM egroupdata WHERE egroup IN (SELECT recurse(_init_id)) LOOP RETURN NEXT; END LOOP; END; $$ language plpgsql stable; ```