On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:47:14PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On ons, 2010-12-22 at 20:44 +0200, Marko Tiikkaja wrote: > > On 2010-12-22 8:28 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > As a side note, I think the term "writable CTE" is a misnomer. The CTE > > > is not writable. The CTE is the result of a write operation. > > > > > > A writable CTE would look like this: > > > > > > WITH foo AS (SELECT ...) UPDATE foo SET ... > > > > > > a bit like an updatable view. > > > > > > AFAICT, the current patch doesn't use the term, so there is no problem, > > > but just for those who are preparing propaganda and such. > > > > I think I've used "DML WITH" in the patch, but I don't like that either. > > Naming this feature seems to be quite a challenge. > > *Writing* CTEs is more accurate.
OK :) On the bright side, we have a decades-long tradition of horrible names on this project, one early example of which is a name that abbreviates the phrase, 'POST-"interactive GRaphics REtrieval System."' ;) Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fet...@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
