Re: plpgsql, declare blocks, and '=' versus ':='

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 least.
>
> [ plpgsql-declarations.html makes no mention of '=' token handling in
> either 8.3 or 8.2. docs ]

Yes.

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