Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: johnnnnnn <john(at)phaedrusdeinus(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal
Date: 2003-03-13 22:17:33
Message-ID: 9806.1047593853@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
>> In both Perl and Python, that type of function is called "join".

> Hmmm -- I doubt that would fly, although I see it is specifically
> allowed as a function name (func_name_keyword list). Anyone have
> opinions on this either way?

Good point --- it would work today, but any small tweak in the JOIN
grammar might force us to reserve the keyword altogether. It'd be
safer to use a name that is not an SQL keyword ...

regards, tom lane

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