On Sunday 22 April 2001 10:21, you wrote:
> .... however, this seems like a reasonable idea that would not introduce
> any major problems. I have no objections, if someone wants to submit
> a grammar patch.
>
> regards, tom lane
Please don't. IMHO This would be an unnecessary 'extension' to postgresql
that would allow scipts and a syntax that will generate errors when used on
other DB's.
We have moved all our projects from an Oracle 8 environment to postgress and
really appreciate the flexibility, and quality without the undue complexity
of running Oracle. We were able to do this fairly easily (about 1 day for
half a dozen databases/applications each with about 5gig data) because our
schema scripts ran without error the first time.
By permitting sloppy syntax 'portability' could become 'no-so-portable' .
Yes we could just make sure that we avoid sloppy syntax but it is great to
have the parser say 'hey that was wrong, fix it and I won't complain again'.
I'm more than happy to fix it now and know that I can use it later without
hassle.
Just my 2 (okay maybe 3) cents.
Mike.
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Mike Finn
Tactical Executive Systems
mike.finn@tacticalExecutive.com