Re: [HACKERS] plpgsql - additional extra checks

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> 2017-09-13 1:42 GMT+02:00 Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>:
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>> > On 08 Apr 2017, at 15:46, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> wrote:
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>> >> On 1/13/17 6:55 AM, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
>> >>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com
>> >>> <mailto:Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>> wrote:
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>> >>> On 1/11/17 5:54 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
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>> >>> + <term><varname>too_many_rows</varname></term>
>> >>> + <listitem>
>> >>> + <para>
>> >>> + When result is assigned to a variable by
>> >>> <literal>INTO</literal> clause,
>> >>> + checks if query returns more than one row. In this case
>> >>> the assignment
>> >>> + is not deterministic usually - and it can be signal some
>> >>> issues in design.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Shouldn't this also apply to
>> >>>
>> >>> var := blah FROM some_table WHERE ...;
>> >>>
>> >>> ?
>> >>>
>> >>> AIUI that's one of the beefs the plpgsql2 project has.
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>> >>>
>> >>> No, not at all. That syntax is undocumented and only works because
>> >>> PL/PgSQL is a hack internally. We don't use it, and frankly I don't
>> >>> think anyone should.
>> >
>> > This submission has been moved to CF 2017-07.
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>> This patch was automatically marked as “Waiting for author” since it needs
>> to
>> be updated with the macro changes in
>> 2cd70845240087da205695baedab6412342d1dbe
>> to compile. Changing to using TupleDescAttr(); makes it compile again.
>> Can
>> you submit an updated version with that fix Pavel?
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> I am sending fixed patch

+ <para>
+ The setting <varname>plpgsql.extra_warnings</> to <literal>all</> is a
+ good idea in developer or test environments.
+ </para>
At least documentation needs patching, or this is going to generate
warnings on HEAD at compilation. I am moving this to next CF for lack
of reviews, and the status is waiting on author as this needs at least
a couple of doc fixes.
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Michael