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Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function 4+ messages / 2 participants [nested] [flat]
* Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function @ 2024-07-07 14:48 Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 2024-07-07 14:53 ` Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Pavel Stehule <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Adrian Klaver @ 2024-07-07 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Pavel Stehule <[email protected]>; Michael Nolan <[email protected]>; +Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; pgsql-general On 7/7/24 07:42, Pavel Stehule wrote: > I'm not sure why there's a warning about using an alias. 43.3.1 says > to use them for improved readability. > > > it is obsolete - aliases were used when Postgres doesn't support named > arguments. Is that was what it was complaining about or the fact they where declared and never used? > > I don't know any good reason why one variable can use more than one name. Section 43.3.2. ALIAS provides the pros/cons. > > There can be an exception when argument names are very long, but > generally they are not used. > > > > Mike Nolan > -- Adrian Klaver [email protected] ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function 2024-07-07 14:48 Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> @ 2024-07-07 14:53 ` Pavel Stehule <[email protected]> 2024-07-07 15:00 ` Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Pavel Stehule @ 2024-07-07 14:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>; +Cc: Michael Nolan <[email protected]>; Tom Lane <[email protected]>; pgsql-general ne 7. 7. 2024 v 16:48 odesílatel Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> napsal: > On 7/7/24 07:42, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > I'm not sure why there's a warning about using an alias. 43.3.1 says > > to use them for improved readability. > > > > > > it is obsolete - aliases were used when Postgres doesn't support named > > arguments. > > Is that was what it was complaining about or the fact they where > declared and never used? > I am not sure if I understand the question. My reply was related to generic usage of aliases. Report from plpgsql_check was correct - and related variables were not used. > > > > I don't know any good reason why one variable can use more than one > name. > > Section 43.3.2. ALIAS provides the pros/cons. > > > > > There can be an exception when argument names are very long, but > > generally they are not used. > > > > > > > > Mike Nolan > > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > [email protected] > > ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function 2024-07-07 14:48 Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 2024-07-07 14:53 ` Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Pavel Stehule <[email protected]> @ 2024-07-07 15:00 ` Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 2024-07-07 15:02 ` Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Pavel Stehule <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Adrian Klaver @ 2024-07-07 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Pavel Stehule <[email protected]>; +Cc: Michael Nolan <[email protected]>; Tom Lane <[email protected]>; pgsql-general On 7/7/24 07:53, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > > ne 7. 7. 2024 v 16:48 odesílatel Adrian Klaver > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> napsal: > > On 7/7/24 07:42, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > I'm not sure why there's a warning about using an alias. > 43.3.1 says > > to use them for improved readability. > > > > > > it is obsolete - aliases were used when Postgres doesn't support > named > > arguments. > > Is that was what it was complaining about or the fact they where > declared and never used? > > > I am not sure if I understand the question. My reply was related to > generic usage of aliases. The conversation was: Mike Nolan "I'm not sure why there's a warning about using an alias. 43.3.1 says to use them for improved readability." Pavel Stehule "it is obsolete - aliases were used when Postgres doesn't support named arguments." I was just trying to confirm that the warning was not for ALIAS being declared. That it was for what you state below. > > Report from plpgsql_check was correct - and related variables were not > used. > > > > > > I don't know any good reason why one variable can use more than > one name. > > Section 43.3.2. ALIAS provides the pros/cons. > > > > > There can be an exception when argument names are very long, but > > generally they are not used. > > > > > > > > Mike Nolan > > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > -- Adrian Klaver [email protected] ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function 2024-07-07 14:48 Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 2024-07-07 14:53 ` Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Pavel Stehule <[email protected]> 2024-07-07 15:00 ` Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> @ 2024-07-07 15:02 ` Pavel Stehule <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Pavel Stehule @ 2024-07-07 15:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>; +Cc: Michael Nolan <[email protected]>; Tom Lane <[email protected]>; pgsql-general ne 7. 7. 2024 v 17:00 odesílatel Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> napsal: > On 7/7/24 07:53, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > > > > > ne 7. 7. 2024 v 16:48 odesílatel Adrian Klaver > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> napsal: > > > > On 7/7/24 07:42, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > > I'm not sure why there's a warning about using an alias. > > 43.3.1 says > > > to use them for improved readability. > > > > > > > > > it is obsolete - aliases were used when Postgres doesn't support > > named > > > arguments. > > > > Is that was what it was complaining about or the fact they where > > declared and never used? > > > > > > I am not sure if I understand the question. My reply was related to > > generic usage of aliases. > > The conversation was: > > Mike Nolan > > "I'm not sure why there's a warning about using an alias. 43.3.1 says > to use them for improved readability." > > Pavel Stehule > > "it is obsolete - aliases were used when Postgres doesn't support named > arguments." > > I was just trying to confirm that the warning was not for ALIAS being > declared. That it was for what you state below. > > ok > > > > > Report from plpgsql_check was correct - and related variables were not > > used. > > > > > > > > > > I don't know any good reason why one variable can use more than > > one name. > > > > Section 43.3.2. ALIAS provides the pros/cons. > > > > > > > > There can be an exception when argument names are very long, but > > > generally they are not used. > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike Nolan > > > > > > > -- > > Adrian Klaver > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > [email protected] > > ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 4+ messages in thread
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