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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2024-07-22 19:43:12 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2024-07-22 19:43:49 -0400
commit30281db50108468a18e0a8ad5eb83e5367472f2b (patch)
treed3fceef8f74d3ac4b44e8b1769808ff103fb3d2f /src
parent0d712ec12a904eb517a572581ca607d4ff9c19c1 (diff)
Doc: improve description of plpgsql's FETCH and MOVE commands.
We were not being clear about which variants of the "direction" clause are permitted in MOVE. Also, the text seemed to be written with only the FETCH/MOVE NEXT case in mind, so it didn't apply very well to other variants. Also, document that "MOVE count IN cursor" only works if count is a constant. This is not the whole truth, because some other cases such as a parenthesized expression will also work, but we want to push people to use "MOVE FORWARD count" instead. The constant case is enough to cover what we allow in plain SQL, and that seems sufficient to claim support for. Update a comment in pl_gram.y claiming that we don't document that point. Per gripe from Philipp Salvisberg. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/172155553388.702.7932496598218792085@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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-rw-r--r--src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
index f70d1dd6cf5..4a18ec19044 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
@@ -3209,11 +3209,11 @@ read_fetch_direction(void)
{
/*
* Assume it's a count expression with no preceding keyword.
- * Note: we allow this syntax because core SQL does, but we don't
- * document it because of the ambiguity with the omitted-direction
- * case. For instance, "MOVE n IN c" will fail if n is a variable.
- * Perhaps this can be improved someday, but it's hardly worth a
- * lot of work.
+ * Note: we allow this syntax because core SQL does, but it's
+ * ambiguous with the case of an omitted direction clause; for
+ * instance, "MOVE n IN c" will fail if n is a variable, because the
+ * preceding else-arm will trigger. Perhaps this can be improved
+ * someday, but it hardly seems worth a lot of work.
*/
plpgsql_push_back_token(tok);
fetch->expr = read_sql_expression2(K_FROM, K_IN,