X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F48D1C9EE for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 21:32:00 +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 73899-02 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 18:30:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (momjian.navpoint.com [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03931D1C9B6 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 18:31:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h71LVoi11204; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 17:31:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200308012131.h71LVoi11204@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: TODO item for plpgsql Was Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs In-Reply-To: <200308011402.39594.josh@agliodbs.com> To: josh@agliodbs.com Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 17:31:50 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Richard Poole , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL99 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200308/17 X-Sequence-Number: 14633 OK, so what should the TODO item be? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Berkus wrote: > Guys, > > > I'm not an Oracle bunny but they seem to have something vaguely similar > > to what we do; they call it "EXECUTE IMMEDIATE" and the concept is > > described as "Dynamic SQL". > > Aha. I see it now; a pretty awful OO-package-style format. I don't think we > want to imitate this. > > -- > -Josh Berkus > Aglio Database Solutions > San Francisco > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073