Re: pl/pgsql oddity
От | Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com |
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Тема | Re: pl/pgsql oddity |
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Msg-id | OF4525F078.78751743-ON05256F6C.00742A39@ftw.us.ray.com обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | pl/pgsql oddity ("Joolz" <joolz@arbodienst-limburg.nl>) |
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Re: pl/pgsql oddity
("Frank D. Engel, Jr." <fde101@fjrhome.net>)
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Список | pgsql-general |
Don't get used to Ada. It's almost as dead as COBOL, though I liked it too for some things. Oracle plsql is soooo Ada-like I've literally cut and pasted whole Ada routines into Oracle plsql and they work without modification. PostgreSQL doesn't do parameters and packages, so it is slightly more work to move stuff from your front-end into your back-end, but often worth it. "Frank D. Engel, Jr." <fde101@fjrhome.net> To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent by: cc: pgsql-general-owner@pos Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pl/pgsql oddity tgresql.org 12/16/2004 03:01 PM "elsif" is the spelling used by Ada. I'm getting rather used to it, myself. I'm really starting to like Ada. So "elsif" is fine with me. As far as alternate spellings being accepted within a language, look at the Transcript language used by Runtime Revolution (www.runrev.com), which is a so-called "Xtalk" language (based on HyperTalk, which was used by HyperCard; and yes, HyperTalk was like this too...) -- and # are synonyms (comment delimiters) abbreviated can be abbreviated as abbr or abbrev ;-) audioClip can be abbreviated as ac accelKey and acceleratorKey acceleratorModifiers and accelMods arm and armed autoHilite and autoHighlight recentNames and backList group, background, bg, and bkgnd The list goes on and On and ON... On Dec 16, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Guy Rouillier wrote: > Michael Fuhr wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:27:53PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote: >> >>> I don't know of any other language that permits multiple spellings >>> for the same construct. I'd be concerned with starting such a >>> precedent. >> >> I'd be in favor of making it a bloody law that every bloody language >> use the same bloody spelling. I'm forever forgetting whether a >> particular language uses ELSE IF, ELSEIF, ELSIF, or ELIF. Grumble, >> grumble, grumble.... > > As a relative newbie to PostgreSQL (but an old-timer to programming > languages and other DMBSs) I would certainly vote for allowing elseif. > This is my first encounter of "else" without the terminating "e", and > that would not be a natural omission for me. > > -- > Guy Rouillier > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if > your > joining column's datatypes do not match > > ----------------------------------------------------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <fde101@fjrhome.net> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. $ ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
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