Re: MOVE LAST: why?

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> Are you suggesting removing FETCH LAST _and_ MOVE LAST?.
>>
>> Yes. Should cursors be positioned on the last row
>> or EOF by MOVE LAST ? Anyway I see no necessity to use
>> the standard keyword LAST currently.
>>
> I think MOVE LAST works well.

> OK, so we will switch it to MOVE END. That seems OK.

What is good about that??? We already have a nonstandard keyword
for this functionality: MOVE ALL. There is no reason to invent another
one.

I tend to agree with Hiroshi that it's a bad idea to add a standard
keyword to represent not-quite-standard behavior. MOVE ALL is our
historical spelling for this functionality, and adding MOVE LAST is
not really bringing anything to the party.

regards, tom lane