Re: proposal for 8.3: Simultaneous assignment for PL/pgSQL

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposal for 8.3: Simultaneous assignment for PL/pgSQL
Date: 2006-08-08 21:55:47
Message-ID: 44D90863.4010903@agliodbs.com
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Tom,

> I concur with the other comment that plpgql is intended to mimic
> Oracle PL/SQL, not SQL/PSM. If we try to follow two different leads
> we are likely to find ourselves with a mess.

Well, the proposed functionality would be extremely useful in making
PL/pgSQL a more robust language. So can we find a syntax that is
unambiguously assignment? To be honest, I'm unclear on what's wrong
with Pavel's suggested syntax.

--Josh

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