Re: recursive SQL functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: recursive SQL functions
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Msg-id 6917.1008622639@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to recursive SQL functions  (Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>)
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Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com> writes:
> Is there any reason why recursive SQL functions are not allowed in PG 7.2?

It's been discussed, cf
http://fts.postgresql.org/db/mw/msg.html?mid=1038929
but no one got around to it for 7.2.

Aside from the forward-reference problem, which seems easy enough to
solve, I think there may be some performance issues that'd have to be
dealt with (memory leaks and so forth).
        regards, tom lane


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