Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 07:28, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>> The docs have it in a footnote:
>> http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/sql-syntax.html#FTN.AEN1031
>>
>> PostgreSQL's approach is backwards from the standard.
> Is there any firm discussion about making this more standard?
It's been discussed (see the archives). It's not changing in the
foreseeable future.
regards, tom lane