X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F6ED1C93B for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 03:37:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 69094-08 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:35:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from davinci.ethosmedia.com (unknown [209.128.84.228]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C0BD1C4CA for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:36:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [63.195.55.98] (HELO spooky) by davinci.ethosmedia.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.2) with ESMTP id 3488146; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 20:37:06 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Josh Berkus Organization: Aglio Database Solutions To: Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: TODO items Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:36:22 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200308080201.h78212x26726@candle.pha.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <200308080201.h78212x26726@candle.pha.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200308072036.22437.josh@agliodbs.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200308/439 X-Sequence-Number: 42097 Bruce, > o Allow array declarations and other data types in PL/PgSQL DECLARE > o Allow PL/PgSQL to support array element assignment AFAIK, these two are not done, but they are redundant. Either one requires the implementation of the other. > o Add PL/PgSQL PROCEDURES that can return multiple values Hmmm ... I know how this got on the TODO, but it's a fragment of a larger suggestion about PROCEDURES vs. FUNCTIONS. I don't think it makes much sense on its own without the other elements; maybe we should take it off until I can make a full proposal? > o Add table function support to pltcl, plperl, plpython If this was done, I would dearly love to know about it ... -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco