Re: BUG #19034: Recursive function with sql_body can replace an existing function but can not be created on it's own

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Yushu Chen <gentcys@gmail.com>
Cc: katja.henke@foo.ag, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-09-05T12:17:33Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
On Thu, 2025-09-04 at 11:24 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Given that recursive SQL functions are a tiny-minority use case
> and there's already a perfectly serviceable way to make them
> (ie use an old-style body), I seriously doubt that we'll do
> anything about this request.

Sure, but creating a dump that will fail to load is not good.
I don't have a smarter idea that dumping standard SQL functions
in two statements like you suggested...

Yours,
Laurenz Albe