On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 05:56:59PM -0700, Neil Conway wrote: > On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 13:03 +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > this patch add support of table functions syntax like ANSI SQL > > 2003. > > I'm not necessarily opposed to this, but I wonder if we really need > *more* syntax variants for declaring set-returning functions. The > existing patchwork of features is confusing enough as it is...
The way we declare set-returning functions ranges from odd to byzantine. A clear, easy-to-understand syntax (even if it's just sugar over something else) like Pavel's would go a long way toward getting developers actually to use them. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-patches mailing list (pgsql-patches@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-patches
