Re: pg_get_serial_sequence is inconsistent

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_get_serial_sequence is inconsistent
Date: 2004-11-27 06:12:03
Message-ID: 200411270612.iAR6C3B22842@candle.pha.pa.us
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Should we fix this or document it somewhere? It is the issue of
pg_get_serial_sequence handling upper/lower case differently for its two
arguments, if I remember correctly.

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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > Right. From a bare-functionality point of view there's nothing wrong
> > with it, it just seems inconsistent and therefore likely to trip someone
> > up in future.
> >
> > But it seems no one else cares, so I'll shut up about it ...
>
> I'm happy to have it fixed or changed :) I was just pointing out why it
> was like it is. It uses two different parsing functions.
>
> Chris
>
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