Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add missing keywords to gram.y's unreserved_keywords list.

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: David Christensen <david(at)endpoint(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add missing keywords to gram.y's unreserved_keywords list.
Date: 2011-03-11 19:56:13
Message-ID: 4D7A7E5D.4010501@dunslane.net
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On 03/11/2011 02:50 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
>> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>> On 11.03.2011 20:59, Robert Haas wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>>>> Add missing keywords to gram.y's unreserved_keywords list.
>>>>>
>>>>> We really need an automated check for this ... and did VALIDATE really
>>>>> need to become a keyword at all, rather than picking some other syntax
>>>>> using existing keywords?
>>>> I think we ought to try to do something about this, so that VALIDATE
>>>> doesn't need to become a keyword.
>>>>
>>>> How about instead of VALIDATE CONSTRAINT we simply write ALTER
>>>> CONSTRAINT ... VALID? (Patch attached, passes make check.)
>>> ALTER CONSTRAINT ... VALID sounds like it just marks the constraint as
>>> valid. "VALIDATE CONSTRAINT" sounds like it scans and checks that the
>>> constraint is valid.
>> Yeah, it's a little awkward, but I think it's still better than adding
>> another keyword. Any other ideas for wording?
>
> CHECK VALID?
>
>

SET VALID? (c.f. SET NULL).

cheers

andrew

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