Re: Early WIP/PoC for inlining CTEs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 28/01/2019 21:35, Tom Lane wrote:
> Conceivably we could make it work without the parens:
> 
>     WITH ctename AS [ option = value [ , .... ] ] ( query .... )
> 
> which for the immediate feature I'd be tempted to spell as
> 
>     WITH ctename AS [ materialize = on/off ] ( query ... )
> 
> I think the only reason the syntax is MATERIALIZED with a D is that
> that's already a keyword; it reads a bit awkwardly IMO.  But if we
> were accepting a ColId there, there'd be room to adjust the spelling.

Or put it at the end?

    WITH ctename AS ( query ) MATERIALIZED

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