Re: merging some features from plpgsql2 project

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)trustly(dot)com>
Subject: Re: merging some features from plpgsql2 project
Date: 2017-01-12 18:42:25
Message-ID: 6d0fbb78-6c56-7278-f9b5-3b27273a0605@BlueTreble.com
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On 1/11/17 12:07 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> PL/SQL = ADA + Oracle SQL; -- but sometimes the result is not perfect -
> Ada was not designed be integrated with SQL
...
> There is a language that is much better integrated with SQL - SQL/PSM

I think it is worth considering ways to increase compatibility with
plsql, as well as pulling PSM into core. The former would be to help
migrating from Oracle; the latter would be to provide everyone a cleaner
built-in PL. (IMHO a PLSQL equivalent could certainly be an external
extension).
--
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL
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