Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex(at)apartia(dot)ch> writes:
> Is it against the SQL standard to accept a trailing comma in a table
> declaration?
Yes ...
> CREATE TABLE "currency" (
> currency_id varchar(3),
> rate float, <-------------------- BOOM! parse error
> );
> As in perl, it would make life easier to simply ignore/accept a trailing
> comma on table declarations.
... however, this seems like a reasonable idea that would not introduce
any major problems. I have no objections, if someone wants to submit
a grammar patch.
regards, tom lane