Re: DESC

On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 01:01:10PM -0600, D. Duccini wrote:
>
> describe isn't really an SQL reserved AFAIK, its used in most "monitor"
> applications, like sqlplus and pgsql

>From http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/v7.0/user/syntax.htm

The following are either SQL92 or SQL3 reserved key words which are
not key words in Postgres. These have no proscribed usage in Postgres
at the time of writing (v7.0) but may become reserved key words in the
future:

[deleted]
DATE DEALLOCATE DEC DESCRIBE DESCRIPTOR
[deleted]

That's why I was asking. More curiosity than anything.

mrc
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