Re: proposal sql: labeled function params - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: proposal sql: labeled function params
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Msg-id 603c8f070808180825t2caf2d91sbc426206686bb98e@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: proposal sql: labeled function params  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: proposal sql: labeled function params  ("Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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There may be a TODO in this thread somewhere, but I think this
particular suggestion has drifted pretty far from the problem that
Pavel was trying to solve.

...Robert

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> Is this a TODO?
>
>> > >> it's not possible in plpgsql, because we are not able iterate via record.
>> > >
>> > > just add function for iterating over record :)
>> >
>> > it's not easy, when iterating should be fast - when record's field has
>> > different types, than isn't possible cache execution plan.
>>
>> the iterator should convert them to some common type like TEXT


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