David Rowley wrote: > At the moment I feel the patch is a bit half done. I really think that > since the gaussian and exponential stuff was added in commit ed802e7d, that > this should now be changed so that we have functions like random(), > erandom() and grandom() and the way to use this becomes: > > \set name random(1,10) > \set name erandom(1,10) > > And we completely pull out the new \\setrandom additions added in that > commit.
Sounds good to me. The current syntax is rather messy IMV, and presumably a function-based syntax might be better. > We'd likely keep \\setrandom name 1 10 for backwards compatibility. Yep. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
