On 08/01/2014 06:28 PM, Vik Fearing wrote: >> So with all this in mind, is there any reason why we can't or shouldn't >> > allow: >> > >> > CREATE testfunction(test) returns int language sql as $$ select 1; $$; >> > SELECT testfunction FROM test; >> > >> > That would allow first-class calculated columns. >> > >> > I assume the work is mostly at the parser/grammatical level. Is there >> > any reason why supporting that would be a bad idea? > This is already supported since forever. > > SELECT test.testfunction FROM test; > > This link might be of interest to you: > http://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog/2013.html#April_10_2013 Sorry, that's not the link I wanted. This one is: http://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog/2013.html#April_1_2013 Despite being posted on April 1st, it is not a joke. :) -- Vik
