Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql
David Christensen <david@endpoint.com>
From: David Christensen <david@endpoint.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Date: 2010-01-19T20:54:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> The previous discussion started from the idea that only DESCRIBE, > SHOW DATABASES/TABLES, and USE were worth worrying about. If we > were to agree that we'd go that far and no farther, the potential > conflict with SQL syntax would be pretty limited. I have little > enough experience with mysql to not want to opine too much on how > useful that would be, but it does seem like those are commands > I use right away anytime I am using mysql. I have no problems paring down the list of cases; these were the correspondences I saw off the top of my head. I definitely don't want to conflict with any SQL syntax. The exact wording/output of the messages can be adjusted at whim. Regards, David -- David Christensen End Point Corporation david@endpoint.com