Re: nested hstore patch

From: Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: nested hstore patch
Date: 2014-01-09 01:03:27
Message-ID: 52CDF55F.40700@nasby.net
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On 12/23/13, 9:47 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Has anybody looked into how hard it would be to add "method" notation
> to postgreSQL, so that instead of calling
>
> getString(hstorevalue, n)
>
> we could use
>
> hstorevalue.getString(n)
>
>
> yes, I played with it some years ago. I ended early, there was a problem with parser - when I tried append a new rule. And because there was not simple solution, I didn't continue.
>
> But it can be nice feature - minimally for plpgsql coders.

Isn't there also some major problem with differentiating between schema/table/field with that too? I recall discussion along those lines, though maybe it was for the idea of recursive schemas.
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Jim C. Nasby, Data Architect jim(at)nasby(dot)net
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