text: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ti.getvariableelementstable()
   RETURNS TABLE(variableelementid integer, variableelement character varying, elementtypeid integer, symmetryid integer, portionid integer, maturityid integer)
   LANGUAGE sql
  AS $function$
  SELECT      variableelementid, variableelement, elementtypeid, symmetryid, portionid, maturityid
   FROM ndb.variableelements;
  $function$
  