I would really like a feature :)
I do not know whether it is part of the SQL standard.
Variables...
e.g.
CREATE VARIABLE foobar INTEGER DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL;
SELECT * FROM thebar WHERE id = foobar;
CREATE TEMPORARY VARIABLE...
CREATE CONSTANT....
Basically all the functionality from the table columns (CHECK and REFERENCES...) and it must take any type, so that you
canuse user-created types as well.
SET foobar 3;
it could adopt properties from both runtime info and sequences...
My abilities in C, as in many other things is severely limited so I am asking someone else to do the dirtywork :). And
Ido appreciate that this may take some time.
It would be nice to have some sort of GRANT revoke SCHEME on it too...
I do acknowledge that this can be achieved with temporary and non temporary tables, but it can get ugly with these.
While I am at it I would highly suggest that there is some sort of SESSION_ID environment variable.
Some of the uses:
* Store things like personal preferences
* Parameters from a webserver
* Client application name
* etc.
Aasmund Midttun Godal
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