| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: 8.2 features status |
| Date: | 2006-08-04 20:41:42 |
| Message-ID: | 44D3B106.20705@commandprompt.com |
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>>> issue DDL
>> You mean something like: EXEC plperl(print $foo)?
>
> Something like this:
>
> SELECT a, b, c
> FROM (
> EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
> LANGUAGE plperl
> $$...$$
> ) AS (a int, b point, c text)
> JOIN ...
>
> Anyhow, the idea is to be able to call PL functionality in-line
> without having to create a function in advance.
Well that is certainly interesting. Opens up a whole lot of flexibility,
especially to views and such.
Seems a little unnatural though ;)
Joshua D. Drake
>
> Cheers,
> D
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