Re: proposal: plpgsql - Assert statement

On 9/17/14 3:04 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> What is difference between content of variable or content of database?
> You can test any prerequisite, but when this prerequisite is not solved,
> than exception is very very hard without possible handling.

If the assertion tests arbitrary Boolean expressions, then we can't stop
the user from abusing them.

But it's another thing if we design specific syntax that encourages such
abuse, as proposed earlier.