Re: default_language

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 08:26:14PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 09:30 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> +1 for removing default_do_language, too.
>
> > +1 for removing default_do_language OR adding default_language.
>
> > I prefer a hard-wired default of PLpgSQL, so a missing language
> > statement on a DO block is always interpreted the same.
>
> So it seems everyone is okay with the latter? (Remove
> default_do_language in place of a hard-wired default of "plpgsql",
> don't change CREATE FUNCTION's behavior.)

The whole default_to_language thing seems like a great way to have
spooky breakage at a distance, so +1 for removing it.

Cheers,
David.
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