Re: "=" or ":=" ? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: "=" or ":=" ?
Date
Msg-id 1204228090.16886.50.camel@dogma.ljc.laika.com
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In response to Re: "=" or ":=" ?  (BERTRAND Joël <joel.bertrand@systella.fr>)
List pgsql-general
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:11 +0100, BERTRAND Joël wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > =?ISO-8859-1?Q?BERTRAND_Jo=EBl?= <joel.bertrand@systella.fr> writes:
> >> What is the difference between "=" and ":=" ?
> >
> > None; plpgsql accepts either for assignment.
>
>     Thank you for your answer. I suggest to add a note in documentation ;-)

I think that it is undocumented on purpose.

"=" in SQL is generally for testing equality, and having one operator
mean two completely different things can be confusing. Therefore, ":="
is encouraged.

Regards,
    Jeff Davis


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