Re: BUG #4516: FOUND variable does not work after RETURN QUERY

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Michal szymanski" <szymanskim(at)datera(dot)pl>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4516: FOUND variable does not work after RETURN QUERY
Date: 2008-11-06 21:18:35
Message-ID: 162867790811061318n102285b2lf4217e25c56f98df@mail.gmail.com
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2008/11/6 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> 2008/11/6 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
>>> RETURN isn't one of them.
>
>> It should be enhanced - my initial proposal of return query expected
>> so return query is last statement, that isn't now. So we could add
>> this check there.
>
> Well, changing the semantics of an already-released statement carries a
> risk of breaking existing apps that aren't expecting it to change FOUND.
> So I'd want to see a pretty strong case why this is important --- not
> just that it didn't meet someone's didn't-read-the-manual expectation.
>

It's should do some problems, but I belive much less than change of
casting or tsearch2 integration. And actually it's not ortogonal.
Every not dynamic statement change FOUND variable.

regards
Pavel Stehule

> regards, tom lane
>

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