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From: Pavel Stehule <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: remove undocumented assign syntax from plpgsql doc
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:00:53 +0100
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2014/1/15 Pavel Stehule <[email protected]>

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> 2014/1/15 Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:07:29AM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>> >     I thought you would say that.  :-)  I don't see how this detail
>> makes
>> >     sense in the sections related to the syntax usage, so I looked in
>> the
>> >     section Porting from Oracle PL/SQL, and I don't see how it fits
>> there
>> >     either.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > :)
>> >
>> > just notice - sorry for my English
>> >
>> > ==Assign==
>> > Using ":=" is preffered as assign statement due conformity with ADA
>> language (a
>> > plpgsql ancestor).
>> >
>> >
>> > ==GET DIAGNOSTICS==
>> >
>> > Using "=" is highly preferred due conformity with ANSI/SQL
>>
>> 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"
>

sorry s/SQL framework/SQL Foundation/

Regards

Pavel


>
> Regards
>
> Pavel
>
>
>>  --
>>   Bruce Momjian  <[email protected]>        http://momjian.us
>>   EnterpriseDB                             http://enterprisedb.com
>>
>>   + Everyone has their own god. +
>>
>
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