Re: A Modest Upgrade Proposal

On 07/18/2016 03:17 PM, Jim Nasby wrote:
> On 7/17/16 2:22 PM, Petr Jelinek wrote:

> I do agree that DDL "feels better" (which I think is what JD was
> alluding too).

Yes and no. It reads better and is more clear to those who are not 
developers or have a developer background which is, many in the database 
field. It is also easier to type. I type 120 a minute on a roll, that is 
until I have to do this ('[ ..... Simple wording base command structure 
is much more efficient.

ALTER TABLE FOO ENABLE REPLICATION ON SLAVE 0;

vs

select enable_replication_for_table('['foo']',0);

Guess which one was typed without a single error and more quickly.

Sincerely,

JD




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