David Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Even if PL/SQL disallows it, why would you not allow it in PL/pgSQL?
Um ... design sanity and consistency, maybe? Not that I think PL/SQL
is any paragon of those virtues, but surely "we'll invent any feature
we feel like whether it's sane or not" is not a recipe for a
maintainable language.
(No, I'm not particularly in favor of the BY feature mentioned upthread,
either.)
regards, tom lane
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