Re: [DOCS] plpgsql, declare blocks, and '=' versus ':='

2008-07-11 Thread Alvaro Herrera
James Robinson wrote: > It seems that [ in 8.2.9 at least ], in a plpgsql declare block, > assignment to declared variable can use either the proper ':=' operator > or the unexpected and undocumented '=' operator. See following script. > The magic handling of '=' ought to get documented at leas

[DOCS] plpgsql, declare blocks, and '=' versus ':='

2008-07-11 Thread James Robinson
It seems that [ in 8.2.9 at least ], in a plpgsql declare block, assignment to declared variable can use either the proper ':=' operator or the unexpected and undocumented '=' operator. See following script. The magic handling of '=' ought to get documented at least. [ plpgsql-declaration