Re: PQfnumber and quoted identifiers

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PQfnumber and quoted identifiers
Date: 2003-10-05 20:38:41
Message-ID: 200310052038.h95KcfL21480@candle.pha.pa.us
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Dave Page wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> > Sent: 05 October 2003 20:41
> > To: Tom Lane
> > Cc: Peter Eisentraut; PostgreSQL Development
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] PQfnumber and quoted identifiers
> >
> >
> > Strange no one complained about it until now. I suppose that
> > is because few folks use that function _and_ upper-case
> > identifiers, as you mentioned. We could code the proper
> > behavior, post a mention on general, and document it in the
> > release notes, or wait for 7.5, or do nothing.
>
> Can it wait for 7.5 (and some method of checking the libpq versions such
> as Tom's PQparameterStatus() suggestion) please? We already released
> pgAdmin III taking into account this behaviour in 7.4 and a change now
> would not be so good for us.

It is something we could clearly advertise as changing in 7.5. Wasn't
there something else we planned to change in 7.5. I forgot it.

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