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

> > > If not, I'd vote for pulling it out.  That's a heck of a poor word to
> > > reserve.
> > I am afraid of lots of user complaints, even if we had not already used
> > TEMP.
> 
> OK, but we've already got "user complaints" about TEMP being a
> reserved word, so that part seems to balance out. There is apparently
> no basis in published standards for TEMP being a reserved word. And
> btw it is not currently documented as a reserved word in
> syntax.sgml...

OK, I certainly didn't look at the standard to when I implemented TEMP
tables.  In fact, I was surprised it worked considering it is just a
hack on the cache code.

Let's forget I made a mistake, and consider how many people are going to
think they should use TEMP and how many TEMPORARY.  I personally would
guess TEMP and never TEMPORARY.  I wonder if others would too.

So are we willing to field questions from people trying to use TEMP
tables and trying TEMP and not TEMPORARY.  I realize the restriction on
a field called TEMP, but we don't get those very often.  How many people
are going to guess TEMP and not TEMPORARY?

Of course, as a Unix guy, I may have guessed TMP too.  :-)

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