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

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, George Dau <gedau@isa.mim.com.au>, "'pgsql-sql@postgresql.org'" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2000-02-29T05:48:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > Postgres thinks that TEMP is a keyword, so it won't take it as a table
> > name unless you put quotes around it.
> This is really an unfortunate case where someone should have read the SQL
> standard before putting in a feature. The SQL keyword is TEMPORARY, and
> TEMP is really a popular name for a dummy table.

So why not yank TEMP and require TEMPORARY? Saving an extra 5
characters of typing is not a good enough reason to keep it imho, and
if the SQL92 standard requires a particular form why bother extending
it?

A major release is a good time to adjust syntax to promote
compliance...

                      - Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart				lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California