Re: [HACKERS] PL/pgSQL - for discussion

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: jwieck@debis.com
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-03-12T17:40:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> 
> Hi,
> 
>     as  I  proposed,  I'm  now  starting on the PL/pgSQL loadable
>     procedural language. As far as I'm now I  have  a  pl_handler
>     with  an  independent  flex/bison  parser  that  can  parse a
>     rudimentary implementation of the language. The next step  is
>     to  start  on the PL/pgSQL executor and look if the generated
>     instruction tree can be used (up to now the  pl_handler  only
>     dumps the instruction tree and returns a 0 Datum.
> 
>     If  that  works  I'll  expand  the scanner/parser to the full
>     PL/plSQL language including trigger procedures.
> 
>     But I would like to have some discussion on language  itself.
>     So  I wrote down what I had in mind. The document is appended
>     below.
> 
>     Please comment/suggest !

Gee, it looks really nice.  I have never used such an advanced language
INSIDE a database engine.

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