Re: column name is "LIMIT"

From: "Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: column name is "LIMIT"
Date: 2005-03-14 09:26:55
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So is it to make SQL parser context-sensitive - say the parser will
understand that in statement "SELECT * from LIMIT", LIMIT is just a table
name, instead of keyword?

There might be some conflicts when using Yacc, but I am not sure how
difficult will be ...

Cheers,
Qingqing

"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
> You will still need to use double quotes in 8.0.1...
>
> Chris
>
> Gourish Singbal wrote:
> > Thanks a lot,
> >
> > we might be upgrading to 8.0.1 soon.. till than using double quotes
> > should be fine.
> >
> > regards
> > gourish
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:25:22 +1100, Russell Smith <mr-russ(at)pws(dot)com(dot)au>
wrote:
> >
> >>On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:14 pm, Gourish Singbal wrote:
> >>
> >>>Guys,
> >>>
> >>>I am having a problem firing queries on one of the tables which is
> >>>having "limit" as the column name.
> >>>
> >>>If a run an insert/select/update command on that table i get the below
error.
> >>>
> >>>ERROR: syntax error at or near "limit" at character 71
> >>
> >>select "limit" from limit_table WHERE "limit" < 50 LIMIT 2;
> >>
> >>You need to quote the field name, and make sure the case is correct.
> >>
> >>>Any Help would be realyl great to solve the problem.
> >>>
> >>>postgresql 7.4.5 and linux OS
> >>>
> >>
> >>You should probably upgrade to 7.4.7
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>Russell Smith.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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