There is little support for adding this patch without the recursive part, so I added the URLs for this thread to the TODO list under recursive queries.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Conway wrote: > Attached is an updated version of Greg Stark's patch to add support for > the non-recursive variant of the SQL99 WITH clause[1]. I haven't looked > at the actual functionality of the patch yet (which is quite trivial) -- > I just fixed up bitrot and the like. I also removed support for > RECURSIVE and the search/cycle clause, along with their associated > keywords -- the current patch doesn't approach anything close to adding > support for the non-recursive case, so it seems like a net loss to add > additional keywords for no gain in functionality. > > Remaining work is to review the guts of the patch (which shouldn't take > long), and write documentation and regression tests. I'm personally > hoping to see this get into the tree fairly early in the 8.4 cycle, > pending discussion of course. > > -Neil > > [1] http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-03/msg00139.php > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-04/msg00055.php [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-patches mailing list (pgsql-patches@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-patches
