Re: choiche of function language was: Re: [GENERAL] dynamic procedure call

2008-05-10 Thread Tom Lane
I wrote: > We've poked a few loopholes in the strong typing over the years > --- the whole business of EXECUTE versus direct evaluation of a > query can be seen as allowing weak typing for EXECUTE'd queries. > But it's still the language's design center. Rereading that, it suddenly struck me that

Re: choiche of function language was: Re: [GENERAL] dynamic procedure call

2008-05-10 Thread Tom Lane
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is clear what is at least one of the advantage of plpython or > plperl over plpgsql, but then what are the advantages of plpgsql over > the rest of the crowd other than resembling the language used in > Oracle? Others made some other comments

Re: choiche of function language was: Re: [GENERAL] dynamic procedure call

2008-05-10 Thread Steve Atkins
On May 10, 2008, at 12:14 AM, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote: On Sat, 10 May 2008 07:35:36 +0200 "Pavel Stehule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: your application different execution paths. Generally I can say, so plpgsql isn't well language for this games, and better is using plperl, plpython or othe

Re: choiche of function language was: Re: [GENERAL] dynamic procedure call

2008-05-10 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hello 2008/5/10 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 10 May 2008 07:35:36 +0200 > "Pavel Stehule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> your application different execution paths. Generally I can say, so >> plpgsql isn't well language for this games, and better is using >> plperl, plpyth