On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 10:57 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: >> But, with the attached patch: >> >> rhaas=# create function xyz(smallint) returns smallint as $$select >> $1$$ language sql; >> CREATE FUNCTION >> rhaas=# select xyz(5); >> xyz >> ----- >> 5 >> (1 row) >> >> rhaas=# create table abc (a int); >> CREATE TABLE >> rhaas=# select lpad(a, 5, '0') from abc; >> lpad >> ------ >> (0 rows) > > I continue to be of the opinion that allowing this second case to work > is not desirable.
1. Why? 2. What's your counter-proposal? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers