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Re: Inline PL/pgSQL

Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>

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From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: "Jonah H. Harris" <jharris@tvi.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-05-09T17:58:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> 
> As for implementation, I think it would obviously be best to leave 
> plpgsql on its own as a PL but maybe change BEGIN and DECLARE in the 
> normal parser and have the system generate/execute a function on the 
> fly.  Or, maybe it would be better to integrate plpgsql.  Or, I may just 
> be crazy.
> 
> Would anyone else ever benefit from inline functions?

Well I could see inline functions being useful for debugging a function 
during development but I don't think I would want a bunch of plPGSQL 
mucking up my pretty SQL :)

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake




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