Re: Named arguments in function calls

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Matthew Kirkwood <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, elein <elein(at)varlena(dot)com>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Named arguments in function calls
Date: 2004-01-26 19:48:04
Message-ID: 14250.1075146484@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Matthew Kirkwood <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org> writes:
> ... Perhaps:

> select interest(amount := 500.0, rate := 1.3);

That might work, since := isn't a legal operator name. It might pose a
conflict for clients like ECPG that like to use ":name" as a parameter
indicator, but since we don't have an identifier directly following ":"
it seems like they could cope.

regards, tom lane

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