| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alexander Ostrow <aj(at)epcylon(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: syntax sugar for conditional check |
| Date: | 2016-04-01 16:57:31 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwZ30Pk0OCeW3qv7DttXfc1nnRCq+Roci=ckXHip20W_Ng@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Alexander Ostrow <aj(at)epcylon(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I thought it would be cool to have conditional check syntax, which gets
> converted to simple check constraint syntax.
>
> Here’s a gist:
>
> https://gist.github.com/aj0strow/5a07f2ddcad324c4dac2c4095c821999
>
> It’s just sugar, but i think it would make check constraints easier to
> read, and easier to write without backwards boolean logic.
>
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As to the recommendation at hand - I don't see significant value in
implementing non-SQL Standard syntax in this area.
David J.
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