On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Peter Geoghegan <p...@heroku.com> wrote: > I want to retain CONFLICTING(), although I'm thinking about changing > the spelling to EXCLUDED(). While CONFLICTING() is more or less a new > and unprecedented style of expression, and in general that's something > to be skeptical of, I think it's appropriate because what we want here > isn't quite like any existing expression. Using an alias-like syntax > is misleading, since it implies that are no effects carried from the > firing of before row insert triggers. It's also trickier to implement > alias-like referencing.
I think that the general consensus was against that style. I don't like it, and IIRC a few other people commented as well. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
