> Josh's position that "this should be standard SQL" is nonsense, or
> at least he ought to be making that argument to the standards committee
> not us.
Huh? When did I say that?
> If we want something built-in, maybe providing some prefab plpgsql
> functions is the way to go. But we'd have to arrive at a consensus
> on what best practice of that form looks like.
*Built-in* functions are just as good as extra syntax, as far as I'm
concerned.
Functions which require installing plpgsql, reading the docs, creating a
function, pasting it in, and saving it are NOT as good; they are
unlikely to ever be used, except by the people who didn't really need
them in the first place.
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Josh Berkus
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