Re: Bug or stupidity

From: Steven Klassen <sklassen(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bug or stupidity
Date: 2004-10-25 14:04:56
Message-ID: 20041025140456.GB23440@commandprompt.com
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* Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com> [2004-10-25 15:52:20 +0200]:

> IMHO, it would be a more natural choice to have the add_missing_from
> disabled by default. Why would anyone *ever* want faulty SQL being
> magically "patched up" by the dbms?

That assumes that developers will implement queries in their code
without testing them. Unfortunately, that's probably not too far from
reality. I've thought of it as a nice "debugging" feature while I'm
trying to hammer out a complicated query for the first time.

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Steven Klassen - Lead Programmer
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PostgreSQL Replication & Support Services, (503) 667-4564

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