| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | "'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] prob with aggregate and group by - returns multiples |
| Date: | 2000-02-29 05:44:22 |
| Message-ID: | 27957.951803062@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> writes:
>> This is really an unfortunate case where someone should have read the SQL
>> standard before putting in a feature. The SQL keyword is TEMPORARY, and
>> TEMP is really a popular name for a dummy table.
> So why not yank TEMP and require TEMPORARY?
Probably we ought to stop to ask why TEMP is in there to begin with;
perhaps for compatibility with some other RDBMS?
If not, I'd vote for pulling it out. That's a heck of a poor word to
reserve.
regards, tom lane
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