Re: [GENERAL] Problem about pgsql's column alias

Tom Lane writes:

> I think it would be a bad idea in any case; it would mask errors too
> easily.  For example, you meant to say "SELECT a + b, ..." but wrote
> "SELECT a b, ...".  Or how about this:
>     SELECT 'foo'::character varying
> Is "varying" an alias or part of the type name?

That seems like a rather poor excuse for not supporting a standard feature
that people seem to ask about every week.  If someone can't tell the
difference between a and a + b he's going to have more problems than this.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net