Re: Request for qualified column names

Could someone point me to this standard? Is that the standard for SQL
syntax? I wasn't aware there was a standard for RDBMS functionality. I
always assumed the features provided by the RDBMS were up to the
implementers.

Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Eisentraut [mailto:peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:59 PM
> To: Bruce Momjian
> Cc: Tom Lane; Reggie Burnett; 'Dave Cramer'; 'PostgreSQL Hackers
Mailing
> List'
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Request for qualified column names
>
> 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?
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net