Re: WIP: Allow SQL-language functions to reference parameters by parameter name
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Matthew Draper <matthew@trebex.net>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-04-08T15:57:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:51 AM, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote: > On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > >>> same mechanism works well in plpgsql and nobody requested a some >>> special shortcut. >> >> I did. That mechanism sucks. But I think we're committed to doing >> what the standard and/or Oracle do, so oh well. > > I think I've worked around that in PL/pgSQL using ALIAS… I've worked around it, too, using various techniques. That doesn't mean it doesn't suck. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company