Re: wCTE: about the name of the feature

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(dot)tiikkaja(at)cs(dot)helsinki(dot)fi>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: wCTE: about the name of the feature
Date: 2011-02-24 19:35:30
Message-ID: A1D51E5C-8637-4056-B146-06214B054189@kineticode.com
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On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Robert Haas wrote:

>> The best idea I have at the moment is to spell out "data modifying
>> command" (or "statement") rather than relying on the acronym.
>> In the code, we could change hasDmlWith to hasModifyingWith, for
>> example. The error messages could read like
>> data-modifying statement in WITH is not allowed in a view
>>
>> Comments?
>
> Great idea. I had the same complaint when I looked at this patch a
> year ago, but didn't come up with nearly as good an idea as to what to
> do about it.

I like "statement" better than "command," too, but love the acronym DMC. As in, "you want to Run [a] DMC." ;-P

David

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