From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: remove undocumented assign syntax from plpgsql doc |
Date: | 2014-01-13 02:59:04 |
Message-ID: | 20140113025904.GB22464@momjian.us |
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On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 07:00:09AM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Comment updated. Patch attached.
>
>
>
> Still I am missing message about preferred syntax (or we should to enhance GET
> DIAGNOSTICS doc about proprietary syntax).
>
> PL/pgSQL, PL/SQL is mix of two languages: ADA and SQL - and their designers
> decided so embedded SQL statements will be placed in native SQL syntax (and ADA
> in simplified ADA syntax)
>
> We have to find a agreement what we will prefer for PL/pgSQL:
>
> The assign statement is "ADA" statement - ":=" is preferred
>
> The GET DIAGNOSTICS is "SQL" statement - "=" is preferred
>
> A newer SQL/PSM was designed differently - without this dichotomy - A
> assignment is emphased by syntax SET varname = value
>
> A proper syntax is good information what is coming from - and It is good mental
> helper to understand a philosophy of stored procedures (that shares concepts
> with PL/SQL). Next argument is similarity with PL/SQL and SQL PL. This
> statement (GET DIAGNOSTICS) is supported on both environments and only "=" is
> allowed there.
I find the rules above so complex that I don't see how we can recommend
a best syntax. What I did in the patch I just posted was to put the
preferred operator first, but I don't see why we want to get into these
details in the docs.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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