On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Part of the motivation for allowing inline blocks was to allow for >> conditional logic. > > I don't think that argument really applies to this case, because the > complaint was about not being sure if plpgsql is installed. If it > isn't, you can hardly use a plpgsql DO block to fix it. > > (Is anyone up for revisiting the perennial topic of whether to install > plpgsql by default? Andrew's argument does suggest that DO might offer > a new consideration in that tradeoff.) One non-coding vote for yes. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general