Re: Request for qualified column names

Dave Cramer says it is needed for the jdbc spec, somehow. It seems kind
of odd so I don't want to make too complex an implementation.

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > My idea on this after chat with Dave was to add a GUC option that puts
> > the schema.table.column name as the default column label, rather than
> > just the column name.
>
> Can someone explain why this is needed at all? There is a reason why the
> SQL standard does not provide for this information: it's not well defined.
> Are you trying to make up a poor substitute for updatable views?
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
>
>

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