Re: Request for qualified column names

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Reggie Burnett <rykr(at)bellsouth(dot)net>, 'Dave Cramer' <dave(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>, 'PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List' <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Request for qualified column names
Date: 2003-01-28 21:59:19
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0301282046430.789-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> My idea on this after chat with Dave was to add a GUC option that puts
> the schema.table.column name as the default column label, rather than
> just the column name.

Can someone explain why this is needed at all? There is a reason why the
SQL standard does not provide for this information: it's not well defined.
Are you trying to make up a poor substitute for updatable views?

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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