Re: PL/pgSQL 2

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Joel Jacobson <joel(at)trustly(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL 2
Date: 2014-09-01 14:01:33
Message-ID: 54047C3D.2000805@2ndquadrant.com
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On 09/01/2014 09:58 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
> It is in ToDo - allow parametrization for COMMANDs.
>
> But this is one point, when I am not sure if we would it. Now -
> situation is very simply. Variables should not be used as table or
> column name. With your proposal, the situation will by much more
> complex, and probably variables should be used in SELECT * FROM x; but
> it can be ambiguous SELECT x FROM table ... so maybe better to don't
> allow it

We would have to define a specific parameter marker, as used by things
like JDBC.

SELECT x FROM ?tablename

DROP TABLE ?tablename

or whatever your favourite place-holder syntax is.

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Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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