Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>> I looked into SQL2003, and SQL2003 knows it (SQL/PSM):
>> 
>> <assignment statement> ::=
>> <singleton variable assignment>
>> | <multiple variable assignment>
>> <multiple variable assignment> ::=
>> SET <assignment target list> <equals operator> <assigned row>
>> <assignment target list> ::=
>> <left paren> <assignment target> [ { <comma> <assignment target> 
>> }... ] <right paren>
>> <singleton variable assignment> ::=
>> SET <assignment target> <equals operator> <assignment source>

> The parentheses are apparently required for multiple variables, so in 
> our case it might look like this:
>   (a,b,c) := foo(bar);

More to the point, a SET keyword is required too by that standard.

I concur with the other comment that plpgql is intended to mimic
Oracle PL/SQL, not SQL/PSM.  If we try to follow two different leads
we are likely to find ourselves with a mess.

                        regards, tom lane

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