Re: proposal for PL packages for 8.3. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: proposal for PL packages for 8.3.
Date
Msg-id 200608082249.k78MnRA10924@momjian.us
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In response to Re: proposal for PL packages for 8.3.  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: proposal for PL packages for 8.3.
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> > I like the idea of a package being a schema.  I imagine that a package
> > would put its own schema name first in the 'search_path' before
> > referencing an object.  I think anything more complex is going to be too
> > hard to use.
> > 
> 
> Or we could just add local variables to schema and dispense with 
> PACKAGES entirely.

Sure, makes more sense to me.  I don't think people want Oracle syntax
as much as Oracle packages capabilities.

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