Re: [BUGS] BUG #2907: pg_get_serial_sequence quoting

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Adriaan van Os <postgres(at)microbizz(dot)nl>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2907: pg_get_serial_sequence quoting
Date: 2007-01-21 01:56:49
Message-ID: 17237.1169344609@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>> I presume the reason for that is that the first paramater can be
>> qualified:
>> select pg_get_serial_sequence('"public"."FOO"', 'Ff1');

> Would someone explain why qualification makes us lowercase the first
> parameter by default? I don't understand it well enough to document it.

The point is that we have to parse the first parameter, whereas the
second one can be taken literally.

regards, tom lane

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