Re: Clarify use of NOW() in pl/pgsql docs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Clarify use of NOW() in pl/pgsql docs
Date: 2005-02-11 01:59:37
Message-ID: 5402.1108087177@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I was under the impression that our PL/pgSQL is at least partially an
> attempt to implement SQL:2003, part 4.

No, it's an attempt to emulate Oracle's PL/SQL. Any similarity to spec
documents dated later than the original creation of plpgsql (1998) is
quite accidental...

regards, tom lane

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