Re: SQL2003 GENERATED ... AS ... syntax

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des(at)des(dot)no>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SQL2003 GENERATED ... AS ... syntax
Date: 2003-08-03 22:37:38
Message-ID: 1059950257.98681.6.camel@jester
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On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 14:35, Tom Lane wrote:
> Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca> writes:
> > Yes it would. The solution you have already requires an initdb (changed
> > pg_proc.h), as such will probably need to wait until 7.5 for
> > integration. You might be able to squeeze it in as a contrib module for
> > 7.4 though.
>
> Given that it also requires grammar and parser changes, I don't see how
> it could exist as contrib at all.
>
> I recommend dropping any thought of this appearing in any form in any
> 7.4.* release; it just ain't gonna happen that way. Design a clean
> solution for 7.5, instead.

I see.. I was thinking of the userlocks module which has a partial
implementation in the backend, with the 'work' units in contrib.

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