Re: column names and dollar sign

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: column names and dollar sign
Date: 2017-05-17 23:59:00
Message-ID: 8d5e6536-d2d7-60aa-ab27-bb04a298c6d8@hogranch.com
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On 5/17/2017 4:51 PM, Gavin Flower wrote:
> Variables ending in '$' date back to at least the early days of BASIC
> - long before the spectre of Microsoft loomed large, let alone 'Visual
> Basic'!

I note even INT fields have $ names there... IBM used to like to use $
in names for system stuff, SYS$BLAHBLAH or whatever.

--
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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