SPI_COPYTUPLE(3)

✨ SPI_copytuple(3) ✨

okay so bestie, this is the PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation page for SPI_copytuple(3), and she's here to copy a row. no cap. let's go 🫶

🎀 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. That's literally her whole thing. 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.

Important bestie: This function can only be used while connected to SPI. Otherwise, it returns NULL and sets SPI_result to SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED.

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• HeapTuple row — row to be copied

🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

the copied row, or NULL on error (see SPI_result for an error indication)

and that's the whole vibe 💅 mwah! this page is from PostgreSQL 18.6, dated 2026. now go return that modified row from a trigger, bestie 🫶✨