Re: Support for %TYPE in CREATE FUNCTION
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@yahoo.com>
Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-05-30T22:01:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > I return to the question of whether the Postgres development team is > > interested in support for %TYPE. If the team is not interested, then > > I'm wasting my time. I'm seeing a no from you and Tom Lane, and a > > maybe from Bruce Momjian. > > I don't say we shouldn't have support for %TYPE. But if we > have it, ppl will assume it tracks later schema changes, but > with what I've seen so far it either could have severe side > effects on other languages or just doesn't do it. A change > like %TYPE support is a little too fundamental to get this > quick yes/no decision just in a few days. Can't we just throw a NOTICE and let them do it. Seems harmless to me. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026