| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com |
| Cc: | Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Do we want SYNONYMS? |
| Date: | 2010-12-07 19:03:23 |
| Message-ID: | 26169.1291748603@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 08:31 -0500, Vick Khera wrote:
>> I must be missing something, but really, what's the point of synonyms?
>> What's the real-world use case for them?
> For a PostgreSQL Person? I see no real benefit to be honest. For people
> coming from Oracle, DB2 or MSSQL? I see a real benefit in terms of ease
> of porting.
They're only going to make it easier to port if we cover *all* the
functionality of Oracle synonyms, with *exactly* the same behavior.
Otherwise this is just an advertising stunt ...
regards, tom lane
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