Re: Hierarchical Queries--Stalled No Longer... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Hierarchical Queries--Stalled No Longer...
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Msg-id 29545.1127405105@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Hierarchical Queries--Stalled No Longer...  ("Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>)
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"Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com> writes:
> Evgen Potemkin has granted me a BSD license on the patch for hierarchical
> queries (WITH and CONNECT BY) and I'd like to get it on track for PostgreSQ=
> L
> 8.2. Tom, Bruce, Simon, Alvaro, Josh, et al., have you guys used the patch?

If this is the same patch that periodically burns Gentoo users, then yes,
we've seen it, and we were unimpressed.

> If so, what comments do you have as to what you'd like to see.

A rewrite from the ground up, and use of SQL-standard syntax (WITH etc)
not Oracle-proprietary.
        regards, tom lane


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