Re: Dollar in identifiers
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@yahoo.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-08-15T19:37:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Bruce Momjian wrote: > > We do currently use $1 for params, so allowing dollar in the middle > > seems better. However, I need to see multiple people who need it before > > I would say OK. If we go adding things because _one_ person wants it, > > we will end up with a mess. Someone is working on an > > Oracle-compatibility parser. It would be OK in there. > > Exactly that was my first response in the meeting yesterday. > Put it into the Oracle-compatibility parser when we have it. > The question is "will we for sure have that parser and > when?". > > But let's see. Is there anybody else out there who would like > this feature? Ian? Yes, if you can get other votes for the feature, it has a good chance. Seems pretty small. In fact, you could probably enable it with a #define that could be safer. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026