| From: | "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com> |
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| To: | "PostgreSQL HACKERS" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Dollar in identifiers |
| Date: | 2003-01-09 22:31:32 |
| Message-ID: | D90A5A6C612A39408103E6ECDD77B8294CD7D9@voyager.corporate.connx.com |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:27 PM
> To: Jan Wieck
> Cc: Bruce Momjian; Peter Eisentraut; PostgreSQL HACKERS
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers
>
>
> Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> > The problem is, discouraged or not, if there's a slot people will
> > stick something into ... meaning if it accepts a dollar, to
> hell with
> > vendor recommendations!
>
> I'm confused; are you voting against allowing dollar in
> identifiers? I thought it was you that proposed allowing it
> in the first place ...
Suggestion:
Allow them, but issue a warning on schema creation that uses dollars in
identifiers.
"NOTICE: Dollar signs($) in identifiers are not allowed by ANSI/ISO SQL"
Something like that.
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