Re: Dollar in identifiers

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dollar in identifiers
Date: 2001-08-15 19:45:39
Message-ID: 200108151945.f7FJjdQ20350@jupiter.us.greatbridge.com
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> We do currently use $1 for params, so allowing dollar in the middle
> seems better. However, I need to see multiple people who need it before
> I would say OK. If we go adding things because _one_ person wants it,
> we will end up with a mess. Someone is working on an
> Oracle-compatibility parser. It would be OK in there.

Exactly that was my first response in the meeting yesterday.
Put it into the Oracle-compatibility parser when we have it.
The question is "will we for sure have that parser and
when?".

But let's see. Is there anybody else out there who would like
this feature? Ian?

Jan

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