Re: [PATCH] 8.5 plpgsql change for named notation: treat word following AS keyword as label v2

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Steve Prentice <prentice(at)cisco(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 8.5 plpgsql change for named notation: treat word following AS keyword as label v2
Date: 2009-05-21 22:44:08
Message-ID: 20090521224408.GA3488@alvh.no-ip.org
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Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>> The patch adds the "AS" keyword to the plpgsql grammar and doesn't
>> assign an expression parameter to the sql construct if the scalar
>> follows the AS keyword.
>
> Would it be possible to also support "=" as well as "as"? I believe
> that SQL Server uses "=" exclusively, and supporting that syntax would
> help people port TSQL-based applications.

Would this be best served by implementing PL/TSQL?

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