Re: SQL keywords

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> The section on SQL keywords in the User's Guide needs some updating.
>
> I figured that I could generate these various lists of reserved and
> non-reserved keywords automatically --- and indeed I can!
>
> But now I've got 36 lists of keywords (all the set differences between
> SQL92 reserved/non-reserved, SQL99 reserved/non-reserved, PG
> reserved/non-reserved (which is a simplification)) -- none of which are
> empty (some keywords where dropped from reserved to non-reserved between
> SQL92 and 99) -- but that's more than anyone wants to know.
>
> But does anyone know what they do want to know?
>
> The list of PostgreSQL reserved words seems to be the only thing I can see
> as definitely essential. But which is more important: The list of words
> that are reserved in PG but *not* reserved in SQLxx (i.e., what problems
> can I expect when porting stuff to PG), or the opposite (i.e., what words
> should I avoid when writing portable SQL).

It could be a good thing to have a table of the form

Keyword | PostgreSQL | SQL 92 | SQL 99 |
-----------+--------------+-------------+-------------+
SELECT | Reserved | Reserved | Reserved |
WITH | - | - | Reserved |
IN | Yes | - | Reserved |
...

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Hannu