Re: PL/pgSQL 2

On 02/09/14 11:31, Pavel Stehule wrote:
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> 2014-09-02 11:25 GMT+02:00 Álvaro Hernández Tortosa <aht(at)nosys(dot)es
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> On 02/09/14 05:24, Craig Ringer wrote:
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> I couldn't disagree more.
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> If we were to implement anything, it'd be PL/PSM
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL/PSM). I'm sure it's as
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> quirky as anything else the SQL committee has brought forth,
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> least a standard(ish) language.
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> So we'd choose a bizarre and quirky language instead of
> anything better just because it's standard. I'm sure current and
> prospective users will surely prefer a bizarre and quirky language
> that is standard approved, rather than a modern, comfortable,
> easy-to-use, that is not embodied by the ISO. No doubt ^_^
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> SQL/PSM is used in >>>DB2<<<, >>>Sybase Anywhere<<<, MySQL,

That's a way better argument that it's standard :)))

Still, I think postgres is in the position of attracting more
Oracle than DB2+Sybase+MySQL users

Álvaro