Re: Support for ResultSetMetaData.getTableName

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Tom Lane wrote:

> I suggest that the following mapping might be more sensible:
>
> 	getColumnName		returns "a"
> 	getTableName		returns "c"
> 	getSchemaName		returns name of c's schema
> 	getColumnLabel		returns "b"
>
> where the first three fail if the SELECT column isn't a simple column
> reference, but getColumnLabel always works.
>

I tried that back here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2004-07/threads.php#00314

and continuing here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2004-08/threads.php#00008

This message demonstrates that many other drivers do Column Name/Label in 
a different way:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2004-08/msg00012.php

So while I agree with you that the above suggestions make sense from a 
blank slate, we can't do this without causing problems.  It seems people 
would like us to fallback from our position of table and schema returning 
aliases, which while inconsistent, is certainly more useful at this point 
in time.

Kris Jurka