| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: SQL-Invoked Procedures for 8.1 |
| Date: | 2004-10-04 19:14:34 |
| Message-ID: | 4161A11A.8000203@dunslane.net |
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>While we're discussing things that will possibly mean a different system
>than the current function language, I have another request: Can we have
>a means of defining procedures/functions that doesn't involve using
>quotes? Having to double-quote everything is extremely annoying and
>prone to errors. I realize that even if procedures/functions aren't
>defined using quotes there will still be cases where things need to be
>multi-quoted, but those cases are much rarer.
>
>
Have you played with dollar quoting yet? That's in 8.0 for precisely
this reason ...
The problem with moving entirely from strings would be that we support
many languages. If all we had was plpgsql it would be a no-brainer, ISTM.
cheers
andrew
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