Re: [HACKERS] parser problem

Thomas G. Lockhart writes:
> where <condition> is one of:
>
> sqlwarning
> sqlerror
> sqlmessage
> not found
> dbevent

At the moment we only can sqlerror and not found.

> continue
> stop
> goto <label>

Got these plus go to <label> and sqlprint.

> call <procedure>

Hmm, this is called "do" in Oracle. I think I allow both for compatibility.

> where <procedure> cannot be called with any arguments. This syntax would
> be easy to parse with your existing lexer. My SQL books shows an even
> more limited syntax with only "continue" and "goto" allowed.

Yes, but we don't have to play it down to the standard, do we? :-)

> If you want to allow some other syntax, including double-quoted strings,
> then you will need to implement it explicitly in your grammar.

IMO an argument is a very good idea. So I have to think about it a little
bit more.

Michael
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