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Re: Different handling of PL/pgSQL for-loop variables in 8.3.7 vs. 8.2.7 ??? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Different handling of PL/pgSQL for-loop variables in 8.3.7 vs. 8.2.7 ???
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In response to Different handling of PL/pgSQL for-loop variables in 8.3.7 vs. 8.2.7 ???  ("Atul Chojar" <achojar@airfacts.com>)
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Re: Different handling of PL/pgSQL for-loop variables in 8.3.7 vs. 8.2.7 ???
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"Atul Chojar" <achojar@airfacts.com> writes:
> So in 8.3.7, the incrementing of the for-loop variable "idx" is being
> ignored; that is not the case in 8.2.7. Is this a new feature of 8.3.7 or a
> bug?

It's the new implementation.  Depending on unspecified implementation
details is a good way to have broken code.

            regards, tom lane

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