Re: PL/pgSQL PERFORM with CTE

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL PERFORM with CTE
Date: 2013-08-24 17:33:36
Message-ID: 26176.1377365616@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Oracle has a special function for returning sets from procedures - see a
> new functionality "Implicit Result Sets"
> http://tkyte.blogspot.cz/2013/07/12c-implicit-result-sets.html

That article is worth reading, because Tom K. points out exactly why
T-SQL's approach is a bad idea compared to returning refcursors.
It's not clear to me that we should be in a hurry to go there, much less
try to be 100% syntax compatible with it.

regards, tom lane

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