[BUGS] BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...

2009-10-24 Thread Timothy Madden
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5136 Logged by: Timothy Madden Email address: terminato...@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4.1 Operating system: Ubuntu Description:Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ... Details: Can

Re: [BUGS] BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...

2009-10-25 Thread Timothy Madden
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Peter Eisentraut 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 com

Re: [BUGS] BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...

2009-10-25 Thread Timothy Madden
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote: > 2009/10/25 Timothy Madden : > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Peter Eisentraut > wrote: > >> > >> On lör, 2009-10-24 at 14:01 +, Timothy Madden wrote: > >> > Can the st

Re: [BUGS] BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...

2009-10-25 Thread Timothy Madden
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Timothy Madden writes: > > Ok I get it. So Posgres also offers perl and python in addition to SQL. > > But at least for SQL, which is included and defined in the standard, > could > > the syntax be made conforming

Re: [BUGS] BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...

2009-10-26 Thread Timothy Madden
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote: > 2009/10/25 Timothy Madden : > > > [...] > > I would like to put to good use the statements and expression that do > match > > (SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/ ...), and the very function declaration syntax is > > gett