Re: WITH RECURSIVE ... simplified syntax? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: WITH RECURSIVE ... simplified syntax?
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Msg-id 13018.1223556042@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to WITH RECURSIVE ... simplified syntax?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> Would it be a worth it for us to implement a non-standard simple syntax 
> sugar on top of WITH RECURSIVE?  Or, at least, something like 
> CONNECT_BY()?

The Oracle syntax only *looks* simple.  When you start to study it
you realize that it's a horrid, messy kluge.
        regards, tom lane


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