Re: [PATCH] 8.5 plpgsql change for named notation: treat word following AS keyword as label v2

2009/5/21 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>:
>
>> The patch adds the "AS" keyword to the plpgsql grammar and doesn't
>> assign an expression parameter to the sql construct if the scalar
>> follows the AS keyword.
>
> Would it be possible to also support "=" as well as "as"?  I believe that
> SQL Server uses "=" exclusively, and supporting that syntax would help
> people port TSQL-based applications.
>

No, it not possible, or not simply . This is ambiguous. a = 10 should
be normal boolean expression. I didn't use T-SQL many years, but I
thing, so in T-SQL this problem is solved with variables prefixes @.

regards
Pavel Stehule

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