On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:10 PM, David G. Johnston <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:08 PM, David G. Johnston >> <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Given the role that psql performs I do think \rotate to be the least >> > problematic choice; I concur that avoiding \pivot is desirable due to >> > SQL's >> > usage. >> >> I can't agree. Rotating a matrix has a well-defined meaning, and this >> does something that is not that. > > Even though the input data is a table and not a matrix?
Yes, I think rotating a table also has a pretty well-defined meaning. > Do you have an > alternative choice you'd like to defend? Not particularly. If everybody picks one thing they like and argues strenuously for it, we'll never get anywhere. I think it's enough to say that I think this particular choice isn't the best. It's not as if no other suggestions have been made. -- 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
