Re: Warning about LISTEN names

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Warning about LISTEN names
Date: 2007-02-20 20:04:34
Message-ID: 20001.1172001874@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Let's change it to a plain ColId, so you get a syntax error if you try
>> that.

> Should we perhaps support a variant that allows a string as opposed to
> an identifier as the name?

I think that'd just confuse matters. You can double-quote a string that
you want to use that isn't otherwise a valid identifier.

regards, tom lane

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