Re: [HACKERS] proposal - plpgsql: execute using into - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: [HACKERS] proposal - plpgsql: execute using into
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Msg-id BAY20-F15292EF5A41F8400B7DE9FF9410@phx.gbl
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] proposal - plpgsql: execute using into  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] proposal - plpgsql: execute using  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Hello,

This task can be better solved. There are some problems with strings, but
bigger problem is impossibility to pass nonscalar variables. What is
questions? Does Oracle allow variables on nonparam positions? If not, then I
see more elegant solution via preprocessed statements.

Best regards
Pavel Stehule

>
>Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > > > There are some problems about replacing string values in the SQL
>string.
> > >
> > >Doesn't the Oracle implementation already imply a solution to that?
> > >
> >
> > I don't know. I didn't find any detail documentation about it. I don't
>know
> > what Oracle exactly do.
>
>Oracle does use USING:
>
>    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE dynamic_string
>    [INTO {define_variable[, define_variable]... | record}]
>    [USING [IN | OUT | IN OUT] bind_argument
>    [, [IN | OUT | IN OUT] bind_argument]...]
>    [{RETURNING | RETURN} INTO bind_argument[, bind_argument]...];
>
>so I think we are OK there.
>
> > >I think we'd be best off to leave EXECUTE alone, at least until we've
> > >converged to the point where almost nobody is using
>non-standard-compliant
> > >strings.
> > >
> >
> > Maybe, but patch have to solve SQL string and non SQL strings too
>
>The only case I see you using it is for \:.  What is the purpose of
>that?  Can't we use :: for a literal :?
>
>I have attached the patch from March.
>
>--
>   Bruce Momjian   bruce@momjian.us
>   EnterpriseDB    http://www.enterprisedb.com
>
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