Re: Oracle Style packages on postgres

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Dave Held" <dave(dot)held(at)arraysg(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Oracle Style packages on postgres
Date: 2005-05-11 15:54:56
Message-ID: 4571.1115826896@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Dave Held" <dave(dot)held(at)arraysg(dot)com> writes:
> The rule is simple: when the identifier has more than
> two parts, search for the first part among the schemas first, and then
> the catalogs.

This doesn't actually work, because there is already ambiguity as to
which level the first name is. See for instance the comments in
transformColumnRef().

regards, tom lane

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