Where to get official SQL spec (was Re: Domain Support)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Rod Taylor" <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>
Cc: "Hackers List" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Where to get official SQL spec (was Re: Domain Support)
Date: 2002-03-21 17:13:17
Message-ID: 28175.1016730797@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Rod Taylor" <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca> writes:
> I've not found a cheap resource for the real one. Ie. priced suitably
> to fit a hobby project :)

Try ANSI's electronic standards store: they'll sell you PDFs of ANSI's
printing of the spec at a reasonable price.

http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/default.asp

Go to the "search" page and enter "9075" (the IS number for SQL).
Along with the overpriced ISO offerings, there are:

ANSI X3.135-1992 SQL92

ANSI/ISO/IEC 9075-n-1999 SQL99, parts 1-5

Each of these is $18 US. You don't really need all five parts of
SQL99; I've seldom found any use for anything but part 2. It is
worth having SQL92, mainly because it's so much more readable
than the 99 spec :-(

regards, tom lane

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