Re: proposal - plpgsql - support standard syntax for named arguments for cursors
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: Gilles Darold <gilles@darold.net>,
PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-03-03T23:04:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes: >> po 24. 2. 2025 v 21:05 odesílatel Gilles Darold <gilles@darold.net> >> napsal: >>> I think it could be ready to be committed. Pushed with a docs/test correction: this also affects the syntax of FOR-over-cursor. >>> Note for the committer: does it make sense to mention in the >>> documentation that this standard SQL/PSM syntax is preferred than the PG >>> syntax? > I modified doc in same manner like function's named arguments are described I didn't especially care for this change and didn't include it. We've had the := syntax for decades and aren't likely to ever remove it, so why start acting like it's deprecated? regards, tom lane
Commits
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Allow => syntax for named cursor arguments in plpgsql.
- 246dedc5d028 18.0 landed
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Allow named parameters to be specified using => in addition to :=
- 865f14a2d31a 9.5.0 cited
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Add support for passing cursor parameters in named notation in PL/pgSQL.
- 4adead1d2242 9.2.0 cited