[PATCHES] V0.2 patch for TODO Item: SQL-language reference parameters by name.

2007-11-03 Thread Gevik Babakhani
Hello All, This patch implements a (generic) callback functionality in the parser. The mechanism can be used to send callback messages from within the parser to external functions. I would like to know your opinion about the following: In previous discussion Tom referred to: One point here is

Re: [PATCHES] V0.2 patch for TODO Item: SQL-language reference parameters by name.

2007-11-03 Thread David Fetter
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:36:45PM +0100, Gevik Babakhani wrote: Hello All, This patch implements a (generic) callback functionality in the parser. The mechanism can be used to send callback messages from within the parser to external functions. I would like to know your opinion about the

Re: [PATCHES] V0.2 patch for TODO Item: SQL-language reference parameters by name.

2007-11-03 Thread Pavel Stehule
Any thoughts? I think a prefix of ':' would be good, as it's already a standard, kinda. Anybody who names a database object :foo deserves whatever happens to them :P Cheers, David. +1 ':' is shorter than 'this'. And ':' is well known in SQL area. Pavel

Re: [PATCHES] V0.2 patch for TODO Item: SQL-language reference parameters by name.

2007-11-03 Thread Tom Lane
David Fetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think a prefix of ':' would be good, as it's already a standard, kinda. Anybody who names a database object :foo deserves whatever happens to them :P The important word there is kinda. We do not need a prefix and I'll resist introducing one.

Re: [PATCHES] V0.2 patch for TODO Item: SQL-language reference parameters by name.

2007-11-03 Thread David Fetter
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:44:07PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: David Fetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think a prefix of ':' would be good, as it's already a standard, kinda. Anybody who names a database object :foo deserves whatever happens to them :P The important word there is kinda. We

Re: [PATCHES] V0.2 patch for TODO Item: SQL-language reference parameters by name.

2007-11-03 Thread Tom Lane
David Fetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I mean by kinda is that it's a standard way of handling parameters in Oracle and in DBI. I think it would be a very bad idea to require that people use the function name in parameters, as such names can be quite long. People using names like :foo