Re: ALTER TABLE ADD/DROP INHERITS

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE ADD/DROP INHERITS
Date: 2006-06-07 19:57:04
Message-ID: 16883.1149710224@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> We should try very hard to avoid adding new reserved words, IMNSHO.

*Especially* ones not sanctioned by the SQL spec. Reserving a word that
is not listed as reserved in the standard is really a spec violation,
because it means that spec-conforming SQL commands may fail.

regards, tom lane

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