Re: PL/pgSQL RENAME functionality in TODOs

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: imad <immaad(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL RENAME functionality in TODOs
Date: 2007-01-31 04:24:10
Message-ID: 200701310424.l0V4OAi20588@momjian.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers


URL added to TODO. (I didn't have URLs in there at the time).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tom Lane wrote:
> imad <immaad(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > "Fix RENAME to work on variables other than OLD/NEW"
> > I can rename just any variable declared in a PL block apart from
> > OLD/NEW. Is the TODOs list out of sync or I am missing the point here?
>
> Really? It looks pretty broken to me still:
>
> regression=# create function foo() returns int as $$
> regression$# declare
> regression$# x int := 1;
> regression$# rename x to y;
> regression$# begin
> regression$# return y;
> regression$# end;$$ language plpgsql;
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "x"
> LINE 4: rename x to y;
> ^
>
> See old discussion here:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-03/msg00591.php
>
> regards, tom lane
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate
> subscribe-nomail command to majordomo(at)postgresql(dot)org so that your
> message can get through to the mailing list cleanly

--
Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

+ If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Pavan Deolasee 2007-01-31 05:48:30 Re: stack usage in toast_insert_or_update()
Previous Message Bruce Momjian 2007-01-31 04:16:28 Re: [PATCHES] pg_standby