Re: WITH support

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Edwin Ramirez <edwin(dot)ramirez(at)mssm(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WITH support
Date: 2006-12-29 15:13:27
Message-ID: 200612291513.kBTFDRf02360@momjian.us
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David Fetter wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 10:52:45PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Edwin Ramirez wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > What is the status of supporting the "WITH" keyword?
> >
> > I see these TODO items:
> >
> > * Add SQL99 WITH clause to SELECT
> > * Add SQL:2003 WITH RECURSIVE (hierarchical) queries to SELECT
> >
> > Are they the same item?
>
> Not exactly. There is a WITH in the SQL:2003 spec (T121 and T122)
> which doesn't include RECURSIVE, but they're related to the RECURSIVE
> one (T131).
>
> > Someone has said they will do RECURSIVE for 8.3, but there is no
> > guarantee.
>
> Is there code for this yet? Who's the someone? :)

No code yet, and I don't remember who said they were working on it.

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