Re: [DOCS] wording for 38.6.2.4. Simple CASE and 38.6.2.5. Searched CASE

2009-08-17 Thread Andreas Wenk
Alvaro Herrera schrieb: "simple case" and "searched case" is SQL/PSM's terminology. I'm not sure it's necessarily a good idea to deviate from that. See SQL part 4, 13.6 : Function Provide conditional execution based on truth of s or on equality of operands. Format ::= | ::= CAS

Re: [DOCS] wording for 38.6.2.4. Simple CASE and 38.6.2.5. Searched CASE

2009-08-17 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Andreas Wenk wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > >Hmm, it would be important to keep this in sync with the core-SQL > >description of CASE, no? (Section 9.16.1) > > yes. And there is written "general" form and "simple" form. I like that. > > >I can't say that I think "simple CASE" and "searched CASE" are

Re: [DOCS] wording for 38.6.2.4. Simple CASE and 38.6.2.5. Searched CASE

2009-08-17 Thread Andreas Wenk
Andreas Wenk schrieb: Tom Lane wrote: Hmm, it would be important to keep this in sync with the core-SQL description of CASE, no? (Section 9.16.1) yes. And there is written "general" form and "simple" form. I like that. I can't say that I think "simple CASE" and "searched CASE" are good de