Re: CREATE TRANSFORM syntax (was Re: [PATCH] Add transforms feature)

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2013-08-15T16:54:43Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 08/13/2013 07:16 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> My next best idea is CREATE TRANSFORM FOR hstore SERVER LANGUAGE plperl,
> which preserves the overall idea but still distinguishes server from
> client languages.
> 
> Comments?

My thinking is that TRANSFORMS will almost certainly be managed by
installer/puppet scripts by users, so it doesn't really matter how ugly
the syntax is, as long as it's unambiguous.

Which is a roundabout way of saying "whatever syntax you implement is
fine with me from a usability perspective".

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Josh Berkus
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