David Fetter wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 01:42:10PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Momjian) writes: > > > >> o Allow function parameters to be passed by name, > > > >> get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001) > > > > > > The odds of that syntax getting accepted may not be exactly zero, > > > but they are certainly vanishingly small. I thought we'd agreed > > > that a usable syntax would be like get_employee_salary(12345 AS > > > emp_id, 2001 AS tax_year) > > > > TODO updated, but I thought "=>" was the Oracle syntax. > > It is. I understand Tom's concern about not unnecessarily grabbing > operator symbols, but in this case, I believe it's overblown.
Interesting. Seems it is something we will have to discuss when we get closer to a patch. -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
