Re: WITH RECURSIVE ... simplified syntax?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WITH RECURSIVE ... simplified syntax?
Date: 2008-10-09 12:40:42
Message-ID: 13018.1223556042@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Would it be a worth it for us to implement a non-standard simple syntax
> sugar on top of WITH RECURSIVE? Or, at least, something like
> CONNECT_BY()?

The Oracle syntax only *looks* simple. When you start to study it
you realize that it's a horrid, messy kluge.

regards, tom lane

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