Re: WIP: Allow SQL-language functions to reference parameters by parameter name
David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>
From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Matthew Draper <matthew@trebex.net>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-03-26T03:05:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:12 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>
> As I've said before, I believe that the root cause of this problem is
> that using the same syntax for variables and column names is a bad
> idea in the first place. If we used $foo or ?foo or ${foo} or $.foo
> or &&foo!!$#? to mean "the parameter called foo", then this would all
> be a non-issue.
Yes *please*. Man that would make maintenance of such functions easier.
Best,
David