"=" is more common than "as" for sure, but this has been talked about before starting at about this message:

http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/14319.1228833...@sss.pgh.pa.us

-Steve

On May 21, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:


The patch adds the "AS" keyword to the plpgsql grammar and doesn't
assign an expression parameter to the sql construct if the scalar
follows the AS keyword.

Would it be possible to also support "=" as well as "as"? I believe that SQL Server uses "=" exclusively, and supporting that syntax would help people port TSQL-based applications.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
www.pgexperts.com


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