On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 10:34 AM, dan d <dano...@hotmail.com> wrote: > The fix is really simply prefix system reserved column names with one or > two underscores. Simple clean prevents the issue between user code and > database code... > The challenge isn't in making the fix (though it would likely be extremely tedious). The challenge is compatibility given the the current state has been in place for decades; system columns are user-visible.
This seems like a case where the cure is potentially worse than the disease. It is difficult to please everyone and since this particular problem is very end-user specific whereas a change would impact many perfectly fine applications it seems like displeasing the unique end-user (and thus retain the status quo) is likely to prevail even were someone to invest the time to write a patch. Though, unless someone is seriously offering to write such a patch wondering whether it would be accepted is not particularly productive. David J.
