| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: s/LABEL/VALUE/ for ENUMs |
| Date: | 2010-11-23 19:52:06 |
| Message-ID: | 1290541927.10258.14849.camel@jd-desktop |
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On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 14:48 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:01 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Nov 22, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >
> >> ... "original patch". Sorry. Let's not fiddle with the names.
> >
> > To be clear, as things stand now, the new command is:
> >
> > ALTER TYPE name ADD VALUE new_enum_value [ { BEFORE | AFTER } existing_enum_value ]
> >
> > So while the term in the SQL statement is "VALUE," it's called a "label" in the documentation. I think that's confusing. Does anyone else?
>
> Yes. As between the two options, I favor changing the command. And
> let's also paint it pink.
We discussed this at West remember? When asked to paint a wall black we
ask, "which shade?".
JD
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