Re: Recursive queries?

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>> There is a website somewhere where a guy posts his patch he is
>> maintaining that does it. I'll try to find it...
>
>
> Found it. Check it out:
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> http://gppl.terminal.ru/index.eng.html
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> Patch is current for 7.4, Oracle syntax.
>
> Chris

I had a look at the patch.
It is still in development but it seems to work nicely - at least I have
been able to get the same results with Oracle.

I will try it with a lot of data this afternoon so that we can compare
Oracle vs. Pg performance. I expect horrible results ;).

Does this patch have a serious chance to make it into Pg some day?
I think Oracle's syntax is not perfect but is easy to handle and many
people are used to it. In people's mind recursive queries = CONNECT BY
and many people (like me) miss it sadly.

If this patch has a serious chance I'd like to do some investigation and
some real-world data testing.

Regards,

Hans

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