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3 | 3 | <sect1 id="release-8-5">
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4 | 4 | <title>Release 8.5alpha3</title>
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686 | 686 | meant, sometimes resulting in surprising behavior. Now, PL/pgSQL
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687 | 687 | can assume the variable is meant, or assume the table column is
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688 | 688 | meant, or throw an error in ambiguous cases. For safety the default
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| - is to throw error. To configure this see <xref |
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| - linkend="plpgsql-var-subst">.</emphasis> |
| 689 | + is to throw error. To configure this see <link |
| 690 | + linkend="plpgsql-var-subst">the PL/pgSQL documentation</link>.</emphasis> |
691 | 691 | </para>
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692 | 692 | <para>
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693 | 693 | <emphasis>Error reporting is much nicer: it no longer shows edited
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697 | 697 | <para>
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698 | 698 | <emphasis>Note that this change affects the set of keywords that are
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699 | 699 | reserved in PL/pgSQL (i.e., cannot be the name of a PL/pgSQL
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| - variable). Now, all keywords shown as reserved in <xref |
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| - linkend="sql-keywords-appendix"> are reserved for PL/pgSQL purposes |
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| - as well. However, many PL/pgSQL-only keywords that were formerly |
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| - treated as reserved no longer are. As in regular SQL, you can |
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| - double-quote a variable's name if you want to use a name that |
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| - conflicts with a reserved keyword.</emphasis> |
| 700 | + variable). Now, all keywords shown as reserved in <link |
| 701 | + linkend="sql-keywords-appendix">Appendix C</link> are reserved for |
| 702 | + PL/pgSQL purposes as well. However, many PL/pgSQL-only keywords |
| 703 | + that were formerly treated as reserved no longer are. As in regular |
| 704 | + SQL, you can double-quote a variable's name if you want to use a |
| 705 | + name that conflicts with a reserved keyword.</emphasis> |
706 | 706 | </para>
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707 | 707 | </listitem>
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708 | 708 | <listitem>
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