On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 01:41:42PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>issue DDL
> >>You mean something like: EXEC plperl(print $foo)?
> >
> >Something like this:
> >
> >SELECT a, b, c
> >FROM (
> >    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
> >    LANGUAGE plperl
> >    $$...$$
> >) AS (a int, b point, c text)
> >JOIN ...
> >
> >Anyhow, the idea is to be able to call PL functionality in-line
> >without having to create a function in advance.
> 
> Well that is certainly interesting. Opens up a whole lot of flexibility, 
>  especially to views and such.
> 
> Seems a little unnatural though ;)

That's the table constructor version.  It would be nice to call other
versions, too, like 

SELECT
    CALL IMMEDIATE
    LANGUAGE plpython $$...$$ (a, LOWER(b))
        AS wacky_python_output
FROM ...

Cheers,
D
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