| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | milimeter(at)163(dot)com, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Problem about pgsql's column alias |
| Date: | 2003-04-15 13:24:11 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0304151046520.1750-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> I think it would be a bad idea in any case; it would mask errors too
> easily. For example, you meant to say "SELECT a + b, ..." but wrote
> "SELECT a b, ...". Or how about this:
> SELECT 'foo'::character varying
> Is "varying" an alias or part of the type name?
That seems like a rather poor excuse for not supporting a standard feature
that people seem to ask about every week. If someone can't tell the
difference between a and a + b he's going to have more problems than this.
--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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