Re: docs correction (8.0 beta) - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: docs correction (8.0 beta)
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Msg-id 200408252006.i7PK68A07688@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: docs correction (8.0 beta)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> You are confusing SQL and PL/pgSQL.
>
> > Any idea why they don't match between SQL and PL/pgSQL.
>
> Different lexers.
>
> We could talk about extending plpgsql's lexer to handle comments the
> same way as the main SQL lexer, but it doesn't do so ATM.  (Also, there
> is compatibility with Oracle PL/SQL to think about before assuming such
> a change must be a Good Thing...)

Yea, I was wondering about PL/SQL compatibility.  Someone want to
research that?

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