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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Stark wrote: > "David Fetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 06:43:08PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > > >> So this does not really add any new functionality, it's just variant > >> syntax for something you can do about as easily without it, right? > > > > Not totally as easily. For example, you can do some kinds of > > aggregation with a few fewer keystrokes. > > I think "fewer keystrokes" is exactly what Tom meant by a variant syntax > without new functionality. That's an accurate description. > > I suppose it depends in part on how important we think it is to add variant > syntaxes just because they're blessed by the ANSI standard. If this were a > syntax we were creating just for our user's convenience it would be a pretty > weak justification for an incompatibility. But if there are users who expect > this syntax to work because it's standard then it could be considered an > omission in our standards compliance. > > I'm actually not too sure what the answer is. I hadn't heard of it before the > discussion about recursive queries myself. > > -- > Gregory Stark > EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster