Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 01:03:30AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> So the initial evidence is that this was not an intentional change.
>> Do we want to revert it? The behavior has been in the field now for
>> more than a full release cycle --- all 7.4.* releases behave this way
>> --- so one could argue that we should leave it be.
> ... Personally I think it should be reverted.
OK, next question: is this a bug fix we should back-patch into 7.4,
or just change it in HEAD?
> One thing: I couldn't find GET DIAGNOSTICS documentation for Oracle's
> PL/SQL by googling around. Is this PL/pgSQL-specific stuff?
It's in the SQL99 spec, though arguably plpgsql is misusing it.
regards, tom lane
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