WITH/WITH RECURSIVE implementation discussion

Hi folks,

Looking ahead at some of the projects I'll be working on in the future, I'm
seeing that having an implementation of WITH/WITH RECURSIVE for working with
tree structures is going to be a very useful feature and so would like to
re-start the discussions on this to see whether this could be achieved for
PG 8.2.

The latest discussion I found related to this appears to be here:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-11/msg00564.php which
indicates that Jonah is hoping to work on this for 8.2, but I don't see this
item as being worked on in the TODO list - does that mean that development
on this has halted?

Kind regards,

Mark.

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On 5/1/06, Mark Cave-Ayland <m(dot)cave-ayland(at)webbased(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> The latest discussion I found related to this appears to be here:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-11/msg00564.php which
> indicates that Jonah is hoping to work on this for 8.2, but I don't see this
> item as being worked on in the TODO list - does that mean that development
> on this has halted?

No, in between all my other work here at EnterpriseDB, I'm still
working on it. I hope to get it submitted to -patches for review in
the next two weeks.

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Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect
EnterpriseDB Corporation
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonah H. Harris [mailto:jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com]
> Sent: 01 May 2006 14:56
> To: Mark Cave-Ayland
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] WITH/WITH RECURSIVE implementation discussion
>
> On 5/1/06, Mark Cave-Ayland <m(dot)cave-ayland(at)webbased(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> > The latest discussion I found related to this appears to be here:
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-11/msg00564.php which
> > indicates that Jonah is hoping to work on this for 8.2, but I don't see
> this
> > item as being worked on in the TODO list - does that mean that
> development
> > on this has halted?
>
> No, in between all my other work here at EnterpriseDB, I'm still
> working on it. I hope to get it submitted to -patches for review in
> the next two weeks.

Hi Jonah,

That's great news. While I wouldn't say that I have intimate knowledge of
the PostgreSQL internals, I'd be happy to try and help you with this if time
is proving to be a problem.

Kind regards,

Mark.

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On 5/2/06, Mark Cave-Ayland <m(dot)cave-ayland(at)webbased(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> That's great news. While I wouldn't say that I have intimate knowledge of
> the PostgreSQL internals, I'd be happy to try and help you with this if time
> is proving to be a problem.

Time is certainly an issue. After I post the patches, your assistance
would be really helpful in making any changes the community sees
necessary.

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Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect
EnterpriseDB Corporation
732.331.1324