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To: James Robinson <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: plpgsql, declare blocks, and '=' versus ':='
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:08:03 -0400
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James Robinson wrote:
> It seems that [ in 8.2.9 at least ], in a plpgsql declare block,
> assignment to declared variable can use either the proper ':=' operator
> or the unexpected and undocumented '=' operator. See following script.
> The magic handling of '=' ought to get documented at least.
>
> [ plpgsql-declarations.html makes no mention of '=' token handling in
> either 8.3 or 8.2. docs ]
Yes.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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