On 2020-04-29 07:09, Fabien COELHO wrote:
> I'm wondering about how to use such a feature in the context of WITH query
> with several queries having different behaviors. Currently "WITH"
> introduces a named-query (like a view), "WITH RECURSIVE" introduces a mix
> of recursive and named queries, pg really sees whether each one is
> recursive or not, and "RECURSIVE" is required but could just be guessed.
Yeah the RECURSIVE vs ITERATIVE is a bit of a red herring here. As you
say, the RECURSIVE keyword doesn't specify the processing but marks the
fact that the specification of the query is recursive.
I think a syntax that would fit better within the existing framework
would be something like
WITH RECURSIVE t AS (
SELECT base case
REPLACE ALL -- instead of UNION ALL
SELECT recursive case
)
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