| From: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Byron Nikolaidis <byron(dot)nikolaidis(at)home(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] Functions vs. Columns????? |
| Date: | 2000-02-16 06:04:36 |
| Message-ID: | 38AA3DF4.A3AC0E00@alumni.caltech.edu |
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> It seems that there should be some consistency here in the use of
> parenthesis. I don't really know how these things are handled on the
> backend, but it seems that parenthesis are the more correct way, or at
> least both should be allowed.
The ones without parens are SQL-mandated "constants" which are
translated in the parser front end into function calls (usually with
some other name for historical reasons). Other function calls, like
now(), are really that: function calls.
> Any thoughts?
Uh, sure ;)
- Thomas
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Thomas Lockhart lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu
South Pasadena, California
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