Re: Do we want SYNONYMS?

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 08:31 -0500, Vick Khera wrote:
>> I must be missing something, but really, what's the point of synonyms?
>> What's the real-world use case for them?

> For a PostgreSQL Person? I see no real benefit to be honest. For people
> coming from Oracle, DB2 or MSSQL? I see a real benefit in terms of ease
> of porting.

They're only going to make it easier to port if we cover *all* the
functionality of Oracle synonyms, with *exactly* the same behavior.
Otherwise this is just an advertising stunt ...

            regards, tom lane