Re: RAISE concatination/variables in plpgsql

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> Looking at the plpgsql code, it's clear that what's actually implemented
> >> is
> >> RAISE level string-literal [ , variable [ , variable [ ... ] ]
>
> > I see the current docs showing:
>
> > RAISE level 'format' [, identifier [...]];
>
> > Is this acceptable? Should 'identifier' be 'variable'?
>
> Probably. And 'format' is even more misleading, since it implies that
> you write a printf-like format string, which you do not. The output is
> just the concatenation of the literal and the variable values.

Updated with patch attached.

>
> >> which is pretty bletcherous; seems like it should accept a list of
> >> expressions instead. But for 7.1, I guess this is a documentation bug
> >> rather than something to change in the code.
>
> > Do I need a TODO item here?
>
> It seems in need of fixing to me ...

TODO updated with:

* Allow Pl/PgSQL's RAISE function to take expressions

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