Re: remove undocumented assign syntax from plpgsql doc

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
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: 2014-01-15 16:39:22
Message-ID: CAFj8pRC_cRhpH3q-OHvUVrc0iX_zrDEKOXJgQ=U7U8jjgpgG+A@mail.gmail.com
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2014/1/15 Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>

> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 04:55:11PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > The problem is that these are philosophical issues that are not
> normally
> > covered in our docs. What I have done is to add a mention of which
> > option is compliant to the new text. Patch attached.
> >
> > Is GET DIAGNOSTICS defined in the standard for SQL/PSM only or for
> > generic SQL?
> >
> >
> >
> > I found this statement in ANSI SQL 92 - and few minutes searching - it
> is in
> > generic SQL - today "SQL framework" part and it is enhanced in "SQL/PSM"
>
> OK, patch updated.
>

ok

I don't understand last sentence of comment

! /*
! * Ada-based PL/SQL uses := for assignment and variable defaults, while
! * the SQL standard uses equals for these cases and for GET
! * DIAGNOSTICS, so we support both. FOR and OPEN only support :=.
! */
! assign_operator : '='

"FOR and OPEN only support :="

FOR statement nor OPEN statement doesn't use ":="

Regards

Pavel

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