Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] Sequence usage patch

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Lane
Christopher Kings-Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I actually like the NEXT VALUE FOR a lot more. The reason is that the Oracle syntax is very much an 'object.property' lookup, which we do nowhere else in PostgreSQL. I beg to differ. We have supported table.function since day one --- it's in

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] Sequence usage patch

2003-05-27 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
(Moved to -hackers) Rod Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you ok with the DB2 and draft-spec syntax of NEXT VALUE FOR (where value is not a reserved word)? Or should I hold onto that until the spec has gone through the final draft / release? By that time we'll have done the