OK, so I've defined a grammar for string_expr, which means the following
currently works:

CREATE FUNCTION foo_raise_loop(text) RETURNS text AS '
DECLARE
    a ALIAS FOR $1;
    i integer;
    myrec RECORD;
BEGIN
    i:=0;
    FOR myrec IN SELECT * FROM colours LOOP
        i:=i+1;
        RAISE NOTICE a || '' : '' || '' colour % is '' || myrec.c_name ||
''.'', i, myrec.c_id;
    END LOOP;
    RETURN ''done''::text;
END;' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

SELECT foo_raise_loop('Looping (%)');


Which produces (note the % nr Looping gets evaluated):

NOTICE:  Looping (1) :  colour 1 is red.
NOTICE:  Looping (2) :  colour 2 is green.
NOTICE:  Looping (3) :  colour 3 is blue.


What you haven't got are: brackets, casts, function calls, other operators
(can't do i+1).

I'm going to be out of town for a few days then busy for a couple of weeks.
Throw in a week to debug,document and apply against CVS and we're into
August. So - do you want it with current functionality or should I press on?

- Richard Huxton


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