Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION
Date: 2002-07-08 18:29:56
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0207082028270.1247-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Thomas Lockhart writes:

> Tatsuo, it seems that we should use SQL99 terminology and commands where
> appropriate. We do not yet implement the SQL99 forms of character
> support, and I'm not sure if our current system is modeled to fit the
> SQL99 framework. Are you suggesting CREATE CONVERSION to avoid
> infringing on SQL99 syntax to allow us to use that sometime later?

SQL99 says that the method by which conversions are created is
implementation-defined. Tatsuo is defining the implementation.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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