Re: Controlling changes in plpgsql variable resolution

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Controlling changes in plpgsql variable resolution
Date: 2009-10-19 16:52:59
Message-ID: 648039E0-80A3-4F4F-9806-EC746FB3F6B5@kineticode.com
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On Oct 19, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

>> I'd sure love $, as it's like shell, Perl, and other stuff.
>
> This discussion has gotten utterly off track. The problem I am trying
> to solve is a non-Oracle-compatible behavior in plpgsql. I have got
> substantially less than zero interest in proposals that "solve" the
> problem by introducing notations that don't even pretend to be
> compatible.

Party pooper.

I'd be in favor of a GUC that I could turn on to throw an error when
there's an ambiguity. As for which way it should go, I have no dog in
that pony hunt. Or something.

Best,

David

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