On 30-Apr-04, at 1:06 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Other than "it's in SQL2003", what's the point of implementing this?
No idea, but it doesn't really matter IMHO: it is in SQL2003, it
doesn't interfere with the rest of the system or impose a significant
maintenance burden and it has essentially zero negative side effects.
So why _not_ implement it?
> Trying to implement everything in Oracle is a goal up with which we
> must
> not try to keep.
Granted, but that's not the case here.
-Neil