Re: PL/pgSQL CURSOR support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From D. Hageman
Subject Re: PL/pgSQL CURSOR support
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.33.0105301330540.2029-100000@typhon.dracken.com
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In response to Re: PL/pgSQL CURSOR support  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Wed, 30 May 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> So FOR is standard ANSI, and IS is Oracle, and we went with Oracle.
> Should we allow both?
>

I have the opinion that PostgreSQL should always support ANSI first and
*then* go ahead and add the features that are becoming the standard due
to inclusion in a major database system like Oracle.  As such, I think it
would be wise to allow both.

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