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31 SPI_copytuple \- make a copy of a row in the upper executor context
35 HeapTuple SPI_copytuple(HeapTuple \fIrow\fR)
40 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
44 This function can only be used while connected to SPI\&. Otherwise, it returns NULL and sets
47 SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED\&.
60 for an error indication)