Re: Special table names

From: Marcin Krol <mrkafk(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Special table names
Date: 2010-02-26 16:26:51
Message-ID: 4B87F64B.60700@gmail.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> It isn't a table. It's a function, equivalent to CURRENT_USER.
>
> (Both of those are mandated by the SQL spec; we'd certainly never have
> invented functions called without parentheses on our own desires.)

Curioser and curioser. That + SQLA hack == one confused developer trying
to name a seemingly innocent table 'users'. :-)

Thanks to everyone!

Regards,
mk

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