Tom,
> What I read in this thread is that the only truly missing feature is
> package variables (ie, session-local variables); is that an accurate
> statement? If so, it would seem simplest to add such a feature to
> plpgsql and be done with it. Several people already pointed out that
> most of the other PLs support that feature today.
Also initialization, namespacing, and security. The ability to "package"
bunches of functions, and only allow their calling in the context of a
package, is quite valuable in installations which support 1,000's of
procedures.
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
