Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] prob with aggregate and group by - returns multiplesh

On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com> writes:
> > I vote for the SQL92 TEMPORARY.  Let's not add a keyword that is non-standard
> > just because one or another commercial database makes use of it,
> 
> You're missing the point: we are not talking about *adding* a keyword,
> we're talking about *removing* one that we've already supported for
> a year or so.  That changes matters considerably, IMHO.
> 
> I have in fact been able to make a conflict-free grammar in which TEMP
> is accepted but not reserved.  It requires a certain amount of
> redundancy in the productions (see below), but I think this is a
> worthwhile tradeoff for not breaking existing user code.
> 
> Shall I commit this?

  Is there not also the possibility of  making this a configure-time option?

./configure --temporary-table=TEMPORARY   # or TEMP as you wish

Default to TEMPORARY in accord with SQL 92.

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