From: | Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org> |
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To: | "Andrew Sullivan" <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: SELECT problem |
Date: | 2002-06-22 22:21:08 |
Message-ID: | 20020622182108.5636694d.nconway@klamath.dyndns.org |
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On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:25:54 -0400
"Andrew Sullivan" <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 12:24:02PM +0100, David Goodenough wrote:
>
> > Well yes that works, but why? In every book I have ever read on SQL
> > the column names are not in quotes, and the other DB I use regularly
> > (IBM DB/2) does not require the column names in quotes, and actually
> > does not recognise the column names if they are in quotes?
>
> PostgreSQL is actually contrary to the standard here, in that it
> makes everyting lower-case.
Which part of which standard is PostgreSQL contrary to?
(You may well be right -- it's just that I couldn't see anything
in SQL99 after a cursory look.)
Cheers,
Neil
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Neil Conway <neilconway(at)rogers(dot)com>
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