On 09/02/2014 08:41 AM, Ryan Pedela wrote:
> If PL/Javascript is a serious consideration, how will int64 and
> numeric be handled?
>
>
Please don't top-post on the PostgreSQL lists. See
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Unfortunately, I think the short answer is "not very well". In theory we
cauld add in new types to a Javascript interpreter to handle them, but
that would still leave you scrambling to handle user defined types.
One of the advantages of plpgsql is that it can handle any Postgres data
type without having to do anything special.
The truth is that different PLs meet different needs and have different
strengths and weaknesses.
cheers
andrew