Re: "writable CTEs"

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:47:14PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On ons, 2010-12-22 at 20:44 +0200, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> > On 2010-12-22 8:28 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > As a side note, I think the term "writable CTE" is a misnomer. The CTE
> > > is not writable. The CTE is the result of a write operation.
> > >
> > > A writable CTE would look like this:
> > >
> > > WITH foo AS (SELECT ...) UPDATE foo SET ...
> > >
> > > a bit like an updatable view.
> > >
> > > AFAICT, the current patch doesn't use the term, so there is no problem,
> > > but just for those who are preparing propaganda and such.
> >
> > I think I've used "DML WITH" in the patch, but I don't like that either.
> > Naming this feature seems to be quite a challenge.
>
> *Writing* CTEs is more accurate.

OK :)

On the bright side, we have a decades-long tradition of horrible names
on this project, one early example of which is a name that abbreviates
the phrase, 'POST-"interactive GRaphics REtrieval System."' ;)

Cheers,
David.
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