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Re: [HACKERS] Updating column on row update

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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.

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