Re: SQL access to database attributes

From: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: SQL access to database attributes
Date: 2014-06-23 16:39:50
Message-ID: 53A85856.2000707@dalibo.com
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On 06/23/2014 06:21 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I found only one problem - first patch introduce a new property
>> CONNECTION_LIMIT and replace previously used "CONNECTION LIMIT" in
>> documentation. But "CONNECTION LIMIT" is still supported, but it is not
>> documented. So for some readers it can look like breaking compatibility, but
>> it is false. This should be documented better.
>
> Yeah, I think the old syntax should be documented also.

Why do we want to document syntax that should eventually be deprecated?

> See, e.g., what we do for COPY.

Exactly. We're still carrying around baggage from 7.2!

Backward compatibility: yes.
Backward documentation: no.
--
Vik

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