Re: Request for qualified column names

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Dave Cramer <dave(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Reggie Burnett <rykr(at)bellsouth(dot)net>, 'PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List' <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Request for qualified column names
Date: 2003-01-29 18:01:37
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0301291900220.789-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Dave Cramer writes:

> The method in question is
> ResultSetMetaDate.getTableName(int column)
> and while were at it
> ResultSetMetaData.getSchemaName(int column)
> and FWIW, the return value if not applicable is ""

Not applicable sounds fine to me. It's like taking a file descriptor and
asking what file it belongs to. That information simply doesn't exist,
and if you design an application around it you lose.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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