On 1/15/24 4:40 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
PostgreSQL is not a project where somebody says, you will do this, and you will do this, in this and this priority. There are a lot of nice features from standard - SQL standard is big, but a) you have to have funds to pay the developers, b) you have to have developers with free time who want to do free work. Sure, you can write a proposal, but without a) money or b) your hard work is not a big possibility so your proposal will be implemented in the next few years. With the patch the situation is different. Then developers can see, so it is possible to implement, and how much code (and work) needs it.
And in this scenario, the big thing that a patch provides is clarity on what you're actually trying to accomplish. Your original ask is frankly as clear as mud to me - I have no clue what the syntax you showed is supposed to be doing.
If you were to ask about something concrete in plain English (vs some unspecified SQL syntax) then you'd be much more likely to at least get some kind of response about your idea. It's certainly possible to convince people on -hackers to work on something that you'd like to see done, but the base prerequisite for that is you have to communicate what you're actually looking for.
-- Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Austin TX
