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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PL/pgSQL 'i = i + 1' Syntax
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Msg-id 7131.1147919627@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: PL/pgSQL 'i = i + 1' Syntax  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Even C doesn't use the same operator for assignment and comparison.

However, SQL *does*, so it seems to me that plsql is gratuitously
inconsistent with its larger environment.
        regards, tom lane

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