Re: MySQL search query is not executing in Postgres DB - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 10:57 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
>> But, with the attached patch:
>>
>> rhaas=# create function xyz(smallint) returns smallint as $$select
>> $1$$ language sql;
>> CREATE FUNCTION
>> rhaas=# select xyz(5);
>>  xyz
>> -----
>>    5
>> (1 row)
>>
>> rhaas=# create table abc (a int);
>> CREATE TABLE
>> rhaas=# select lpad(a, 5, '0') from abc;
>>  lpad
>> ------
>> (0 rows)
>
> I continue to be of the opinion that allowing this second case to work
> is not desirable.

1. Why?

2. What's your counter-proposal?

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