On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:57:45AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > I'm concerned about this too. We'll at least have to call this out as > an incompatibility in 8.3, and it seems like a rather unnecessary step > backwards. I thought I had send an email asking for comments back when this was implemented. But given that I cannot this email anymore I wonder if it really went out. My bay, sorry. Given that people seem to use this feature I'm more than willing to implement it, although it might become a bit hackish. Given that fetch is not a preparable statement we can live with the slightly inconsistent variable handling I think. Expect a patch soon. Michael -- Michael Meskes Email: Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) ICQ: 179140304, AIM/Yahoo: michaelmeskes, Jabber: meskes@xxxxxxxxxx Go VfL Borussia! Go SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq