On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> Part of the motivation for allowing inline blocks was to allow for
>> conditional logic.
>
> I don't think that argument really applies to this case, because the
> complaint was about not being sure if plpgsql is installed. If it
> isn't, you can hardly use a plpgsql DO block to fix it.
>
> (Is anyone up for revisiting the perennial topic of whether to install
> plpgsql by default? Andrew's argument does suggest that DO might offer
> a new consideration in that tradeoff.)
One non-coding vote for yes.
