Re: plpgsql: Is ELSE IF supported or not?

Pavel Stehule wrote:
> 2008/6/26 Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>
>> Although now that i read it more, the actual "form" is:
>>
>> ELSE
>> IF THEN
>> END IF
>> END IF;
>>
>> That is - the ELSE starts new block unconditionally and ignores any IF
>> that follows. Later the IF can be part of new block as usual. Huh.
>>
>> This is confusing. I suggest removing the "ELSE IF" as one of the "forms"
>> because it is not.
>>
>
> this is same in all procedural languages
>

I don't agree with this statement. In "all procedural languages", or
probably most, they usually make "ELSE IF" special, in that you don't
need to close the block twice as per above. The ELSE IF is not actually
special in PL/SQL, so it is not a special form. The "ELSE" can contain a
block, which contain any statement, including a nested IF statement. Why
not describe ELSE WHILE as well based upon the logic that ELSE IF is
valid? :-)

Now, if it were to say "an alternative form of ELSEIF is to nest IF
statement like so:" ...

Cheers,
mark

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