X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36CB7D1B896 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:43:42 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 20148-04 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 20:43:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71659D1B28B for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:43:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i54KhXng010376; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:43:33 -0400 (EDT) To: Bruno Wolff III Cc: Rein Petersen , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: ANSI SQL-99 SYNTAX and "WITH" In-reply-to: <20040604200228.GA23948@wolff.to> References: <20040604200228.GA23948@wolff.to> Comments: In-reply-to Bruno Wolff III message dated "Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:02:28 -0500" Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 16:43:33 -0400 Message-ID: <10375.1086381813@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200406/41 X-Sequence-Number: 17986 Bruno Wolff III writes: > Rein Petersen wrote: >> As you may have guessed, I hope PostgreSQL currently supports the >> "WITH" clause syntax or, will at least support it imminently. > Postgres doesn't currently support that. Someone was working on it a while > back, but I haven't heard anything lately, so I don't know if some version > of it is going to be in the next release. Andrew Overholt was working on it awhile back. I've been meaning to pick up the pieces and see what I could do with it, but at this point it's a pretty safe bet that it won't make 7.5. Maybe next time. regards, tom lane