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

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> > > 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...

I've been (lightly) bashed in the past for proposing such things (see
END/ABORT) but I'm with you. I think that TEMP may be far too wide-spread
by now, though.

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