Re: proposal: schema variables

Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Josef Šimánek <josef.simanek@gmail.com>
Cc: Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Zhihong Yu <zyu@yugabyte.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, DUVAL REMI <REMI.DUVAL@cheops.fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-01-18T09:57:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-performance

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  1. Move WAL sequence code into its own file

  2. Add ExplainState argument to pg_plan_query() and planner().

  3. Don't include access/htup_details.h in executor/tuptable.h

  4. Refactor to avoid code duplication in transformPLAssignStmt.

  5. Avoid including commands/dbcommands.h in so many places

  6. Restrict psql meta-commands in plain-text dumps.

  7. Split func.sgml into more manageable pieces

  8. Fix squashing algorithm for query texts

  9. EXPLAIN: Always use two fractional digits for row counts.

  10. Preliminary refactoring of plpgsql expression construction.

  11. plpgsql: pure parser and reentrant scanner

  12. Add some sanity checks in executor for query ID reporting

  13. Fix misleading error message context

  14. Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.

Hi

čt 14. 1. 2021 v 11:31 odesílatel Josef Šimánek <josef.simanek@gmail.com>
napsal:

> I did some testing locally. All runs smoothly, compiled without warning.
>
> Later on (once merged) it would be nice to write down a documentation
> page for the whole feature as a set next to documented individual
> commands.
> It took me a few moments to understand how this works.
>
> I was looking how to create variable with non default value in one
> command, but if I understand it correctly, that's not the purpose.
> Variable lives in a schema with default value, but you can set it per
> session via LET.
>
> Thus "CREATE VARIABLE" statement should not be usually part of
> "classic" queries, but it should be threatened more like TABLE or
> other DDL statements.
>
> On the other side LET is there to use the variable in "classic" queries.
>
> Does that make sense? Feel free to ping me if any help with
> documentation would be needed. I can try to prepare an initial
> variables guide once I'll ensure I do  understand this feature well.
>

I invite any help with doc. Maybe there can be page in section advanced
features

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-advanced.html

Regards

Pavel


>
> PS: Now it is clear to me why it is called "schema variables", not
> "session variables".
>
> čt 14. 1. 2021 v 7:36 odesílatel Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
> napsal:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > rebase
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Pavel
> >
>