| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Dollar in identifiers |
| Date: | 2001-08-16 19:12:53 |
| Message-ID: | 15228.997989173@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I would've expected you, Tom, to suggest removing it from the
> operators as well :-)
Well, adding a non-standard extension is one thing. Doing it by
removing a different non-standard extension brings up backwards
compatibility issues. In this case, I'm not thrilled about the
potential for breaking applications that have relied on our
long-standing, *documented* behavior.
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-OPERATORS
regards, tom lane
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