Re: reg:create database

On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 04:57:29PM +0530, sandhya wrote:
> > > In the document they mentioned that . is used as a seperator for a
> > > table/column name...So Is it any way to use dot while creating a
> > > table/database
> >
> > decibel=# create database "dot.test";
> > CREATE DATABASE
> > decibel=# \c "dot.test"
> > You are now connected to database "dot.test".
> > dot.test=#
> >
> > Now, just because you can do this doesn't mean it's a very good idea...
> oh.....ok
> Now, just because you can do this doesn't mean it's a very good idea...
> Why?

Because it's likely to lead to confusion, since SQL uses dots as
seperators between databases, schemas, and objects; ie:
databasename.schemaname.tablename.columname. Granted, PostgreSQL doesn't
(currently) allow you to do per-database specifications, but that could
change. In any case, it's asking for trouble.
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