Re: proposal for 8.4: PL/pgSQL - statement CASE

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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:18:56 +0000
Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 16:01 +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
> > I found so PL/SQL support CASE statement
> > http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10500_01/appdev.920/a96624/04_struc.htm#484
> >
> > I propose add this statement to PL/pgSQL too.
>
> Please don't post links to potentially copyrighted works.

Simon, this email is copyrighted... ;)

>
> We don't want things just because Oracle has them, we want them for a
> real reason. If say, you had a migration project that would be made
> easier by that feature, or there was clear benefit in improving the
> language through the addition of a feature, maybe. If not, we must try
> to do something better than everybody else, not just the same, unless
> its an official standard.

Exactly.

>
> I'd be interested in hearing about how SQL/PSM is going. What are your
> plans for that?
>

That is certainly more interesting to me as well.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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