On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:05 PM, David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com> wrote: > On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:12 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > >> >> As I've said before, I believe that the root cause of this problem is >> that using the same syntax for variables and column names is a bad >> idea in the first place. If we used $foo or ?foo or ${foo} or $.foo >> or &&foo!!$#? to mean "the parameter called foo", then this would all >> be a non-issue. > > Yes *please*. Man that would make maintenance of such functions easier.
+1 on using $foo. Even with the standardization risk I think it's the best choice. Prefer $"foo" to ${foo} though. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers