Re: PL/pgSQL 2

On 09/01/2014 09:58 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> 
> It is in ToDo - allow parametrization for COMMANDs.
> 
> But this is one point, when I am not sure if we would it. Now -
> situation is very simply. Variables should not be used as table or
> column name. With your proposal, the situation will by much more
> complex, and probably variables should be used in SELECT * FROM x; but
> it can be ambiguous SELECT x FROM table ... so maybe better to don't
> allow it

We would have to define a specific parameter marker, as used by things
like JDBC.
    SELECT x FROM ?tablename
    DROP TABLE ?tablename

or whatever your favourite place-holder syntax is.

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