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| -rw-r--r-- | src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y index 3fd6655e1be..c0cb58530be 100644 --- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y +++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y @@ -796,7 +796,12 @@ decl_defkey : assign_operator | K_DEFAULT ; -assign_operator : '=' /* not documented because it might be removed someday */ +/* + * Ada-based PL/SQL uses := for assignment and variable defaults, while + * the SQL standard uses equals for these cases and for GET + * DIAGNOSTICS, so we support both. FOR and OPEN only support :=. + */ +assign_operator : '=' | COLON_EQUALS ; |