Re: SQL:2003 TODO items

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Troels Arvin <troels(at)arvin(dot)dk>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: SQL:2003 TODO items
Date: 2004-11-28 22:04:24
Message-ID: 200411282204.iASM4Oa10348@candle.pha.pa.us
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Simon Riggs wrote:
>
> Could I suggest that we re-work the TODO list slightly, with regard to
> mentioning the ANSI SQL standard?
>
> As of last count, we have 14 items listed which would take PostgreSQL
> into full SQL:2003 Core conformance. Troels Arvin has recently listed
> some of these as "low hanging fruit" in the recent thread about SQL
> conformance related patch,
>
> Some SQL:2003 features are mentioned in other parts of the TODO list,
> though we don't refer to whether these are Mandatory or Optional (e.g.
> MERGE is Optional). ISTM that it would be useful to group the Mandatory
> ones together into a new section of the TODO list: "SQL:2003 Core".
>
> I'm aware that a number of those are possibly deliberately not
> supported, in which case, we could mention those in brackets or simply
> leave them off the list etc..

Yes, we could create a new section or add SQL:2003 identifiers as part
of the description for certain items.

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