2009/10/25 Timothy Madden <terminato...@gmail.com>: > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: >> >> On lör, 2009-10-24 at 14:01 +0000, Timothy Madden wrote: >> > Can the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION please, please be >> > dropped >> > ... ? > > [...] >> >> > It is not ANSI/ISO and so annoying for compatibility. >> >> Whatever is inside the string literal is also not ANSI/ISO, so why would >> it make a difference? >> > At least the function declaration syntax would be right. I think it would be > an important difference; this string literal idea is so strange and > unnatural ... > > And why the function body would not be standard ?
Because standard knows only SQL/PSM language for SQL procedures. Others databases support only one language for sql procedures (PL/SQL, T-SQL). But PostgreSQL supports plpgsql, plperl, plpython as sql procedures - and I am sure, so standard doesnt calculate with multilangual environments. Regards Pavel Stehule Do you mean it can never > be for some reason ? How about a simple function ? > > Thank you, > Timothy Madden > -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
