Re: sql DO in rule 9.0rc1

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "A(dot)M(dot)" <agentm(at)themactionfaction(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: sql DO in rule 9.0rc1
Date: 2010-09-10 17:44:17
Message-ID: 1284140657.5188.2.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com
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On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 13:39 -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:

> IDK...functions do everything 'DO' does, and support returning data,
> which is necessary to support RETURNING. Rules are already fairly
> capricious and problematic and I doubt any proposal that doesn't fix
> or work around their basic flaws will get much traction.

Not to mention there have been talks of ripping them out all together.

JD

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