Re: Wrote a connect-by feature

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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>>> Wouldn't the release be a good opportunity for providing
>>> this little tool?

> As for whether we could accept this for 8.4, I thought the general
> consensus was that we should implement the SQL-spec WITH syntax.
> The only good reason for supporting CONNECT BY would be to be
> Oracle-compatible, which this patch isn't.  (Being Oracle-compatible
> isn't necessarily good anyway; are we sure they don't have a patent
> on their way of doing this?)

I believe this patch is an update to the table_funcs contrib module.

Sincerely,

Joshua D Drake

> 
> Various people have looked at supporting WITH in the past; IIRC Greg
> Stark has been the most recent contender.  I'd suggest joining forces
> with him if you'd like to make this happen.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 


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