Re: functional call named notation clashes with SQL feature

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:55:54PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:27 PM, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote:
> > On May 27, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> >>> I think we should fix it now.  Quick thought: maybe we could use FOR
> >>> instead of AS: select myfunc(7 for a, 6 for b);
> >>
> >> I'm afraid FOR doesn't work either; it'll create a conflict with the
> >> spec-defined SUBSTRING(x FOR y) syntax.
> >
> > How about "ISPARAMVALUEFOR"? That shouldn't conflict with anything.
> 
> Or we could use the Finnish word
> epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän, which I'm pretty
> sure is not currently used in our grammar.

We could use the Turkish
muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine,
which I'm pretty sure isn't either :)

Cheers,
David.
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