Re: Why do OLD and NEW have special internal names?
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-11-06T06:02:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes: >> BTW, this brings up another point, which is that up to now it's often >> been possible to use plpgsql variable names that conflict with >> core-parser reserved words, so long as you didn't need to use the >> reserved word with its special meaning. That will stop working when >> this patch goes in. Doesn't bother me any, but if anyone thinks it's >> a serious problem, speak now. > Any keyword or just fully reserved keywords? Anything that's not allowed as a column name will be at issue. regards, tom lane