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<p>SPI_copytuple — make a copy of a row in the upper executor context</p>
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<pre class="synopsis">HeapTuple SPI_copytuple(HeapTuple <i class="parameter"><tt>row</tt></i>)</pre>
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<a name="id2659239"></a><h2>Description</h2>
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<p> <tt class="function">SPI_copytuple</tt> makes a copy of a row in the
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upper executor context. This is normally used to return a modified
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row from a trigger. In a function declared to return a composite
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type, use <tt class="function">SPI_returntuple</tt> instead.
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<a name="id2659260"></a><h2>Arguments</h2>
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<dt><span class="term"><tt class="literal">HeapTuple <i class="parameter"><tt>row</tt></i></tt></span></dt>
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<dd><p> row to be copied
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<a name="id2659279"></a><h2>Return Value</h2>
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<p> the copied row; <tt class="symbol">NULL</tt> only if
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<i class="parameter"><tt>tuple</tt></i> is <tt class="symbol">NULL</tt>
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