Re: [HACKERS] Keywords

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)trust(dot)ee>
To: Michael Meskes <Michael_Meskes(at)topmail(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Keywords
Date: 1999-02-09 23:16:16
Message-ID: 36C0C1C0.47979C62@trust.ee
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Michael Meskes wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 01:15:09PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > We don't reserve the type names as keywords, and because they can create
> > their own types, it wouldn't make sense.
>
> I don't exactly understand that. For instance the 'int' keyword will still
> be reserved, isn't it?
>

Just tested:

hannu=> create table int(int int);
CREATE

Though:

hannu=> create table int4(int4 int4);
ERROR: TypeCreate: type int4 already defined

So it's probably not reserved ;)

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Hannu

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