Philip Yarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Without really wishing to volunteer myself: should plpgsql allow using > parameters with the same name as the columns being referred to within the > function, provided they're qualified as function_name.parameter?
No, because that just changes where the ambiguity is. The function name could easily conflict with a table name. It's a mighty weird-looking convention anyway --- on what grounds would you argue that the function is a structure having parameter names as fields? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org