Re: [GENERAL] Problem about pgsql's column alias

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: milimeter(at)163(dot)com, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Problem about pgsql's column alias
Date: 2003-04-15 14:17:27
Message-ID: 7808.1050416247@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> That seems like a rather poor excuse for not supporting a standard feature
> that people seem to ask about every week.

Actually, that was the first complaint that I can recall hearing in
quite some time.

I think this is simply a place where the spec got it wrong, and we
should agree to disagree, as we have done with identifier case-folding
for example ...

regards, tom lane

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